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Amboyna wood
unknown · 78% connection
A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Araucaria
noun · 78% connection
A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ fro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Australian
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to Australia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Bitterwood
noun · 78% connection
A West Indian tree (Picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Ebony
noun · 78% connection
A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Hazel
noun · 78% connection
A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the fi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Jacaranda
noun · 78% connection
The native Brazilian name for certain leguminous trees, which produce the beautiful woods called king wood, tiger wood, and violet woo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Jack
noun · 78% connection
A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in havin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Jackwood
noun · 78% connection
Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in cabinetwork.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Lancewood
noun · 78% connection
A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Laurus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madei…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Lilly-pilly
noun · 78% connection
An Australian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Smithii), having smooth ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hard and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Logwood
noun · 78% connection
The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline subs…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Lote
noun · 78% connection
A large tree (Celtis australis), found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherrylike fruit. Called also nettle tr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Lyre bird
unknown · 78% connection
Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers v…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Mahoe
noun · 78% connection
A name given to several malvaceous trees (species of Hibiscus, Ochroma, etc.), and to their strong fibrous inner bark, which is used f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Mahogany
noun · 78% connection
A large tree of the genus Swietenia (S. Mahogoni), found in tropical America.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
Margosa
noun · 78% connection
A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: australian, tree, casuarina, wood, cabinetwork.
