fiddlewood

[ fid-l-wood ]

noun
  1. the heavy, hard, durable wood of various West Indian and other trees.

  2. any of these trees, especially species of the genera Citharexylum and Vitex.

Origin of fiddlewood

1
First recorded in 1705–15; fiddle + wood1

Words Nearby fiddlewood

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British Dictionary definitions for fiddlewood

fiddlewood

/ (ˈfɪdəlˌwʊd) /


noun
  1. any of various tropical American verbenaceous trees of the genus Citharexylum and related genera

  2. the hard durable wood of any of these trees

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