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Barwood
noun · 78% connection
A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
Box
noun · 78% connection
A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
Brazil wood
unknown · 78% connection
A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
Buttonwood
noun · 78% connection
The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonb…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
Carob
noun · 78% connection
An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
Cassia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
Catalpa
noun · 78% connection
A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North Amer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
Cutworm
noun · 78% connection
A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and ea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
Different
adjective · 78% connection
Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; differ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
Fustic
noun · 78% connection
The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also old fustic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
Gymnosophist
noun · 78% connection
One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the u…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
Halesia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, dr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
Indigo
noun · 78% connection
A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
Indigofera
noun · 78% connection
A genus of leguminous plants having many species, mostly in tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigofera tinct…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
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: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
Kind
adjective · 78% connection
Nature; style; character; sort; fashion; manner; variety; description; class; as, there are several kinds of eloquence, of style, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
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: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
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: wood, several, different, kinds, trees.
