crabwood
[ krab-wood ]
/ ˈkræbˌwʊd /
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noun
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Words nearby crabwood
crab's eye, crab spider, crabstick, crab tree, crabwise, crabwood, CRAC, crack, cracka, crack a book, crack a bottle
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Example sentences from the Web for crabwood
The Indians have a path alongside of it, through the forest, where prodigious crabwood trees grow.
Wanderings in South America|Charles WatertonCrabwood (Gymnanthes lucida) is known chiefly by the fine canes made of it.
American Forest Trees|Henry H. Gibson
British Dictionary definitions for crabwood
crabwood
/ (ˈkræbˌwʊd) /
noun
a tropical American meliaceous tree, Carapa guianensis
the wood of this tree, used for construction
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