corkwood
a stout shrub or small tree, Leitneria floridana, having light green deciduous leaves, woolly catkins, and a drupaceous fruit.
any of certain trees and shrubs yielding a light and porous wood, as the balsa.
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How to use corkwood in a sentence
The results of these tests indicate that there is no essential oil in corkwood obtainable by steam distillation.
Cork: Its Origin and Industrial Uses | Gilbert E. StecherAmong the different varieties of trees are corkwood, sandal, myrtle, and pimento.
Crusoe's Island: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk | John Ross BrowneThe first operation, that is, the first thing done with the corkwood, is the sorting.
Cork: Its Origin and Industrial Uses | Gilbert E. StecherAppended is a diagram that will give some idea of the utilization of corkwood.
Cork: Its Origin and Industrial Uses | Gilbert E. StecherCertain other Florida plants accompanied it, one of which was corkwood (Leitneria floridana).
American Forest Trees | Henry H. Gibson
British Dictionary definitions for corkwood
/ (ˈkɔːkˌwʊd) /
a small tree, Leitneria floridana, of the southeastern US, having very lightweight porous wood: family Leitneriaceae
any other tree with light porous wood
the wood of any of these trees
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