gumwood

[ guhm-wood ]

noun

the wood of a gum tree, especially the wood of a eucalyptus or of the sweet gum.

Origin of gumwood

First recorded in 1675–85; gum¹ + wood¹

The walls of the first floor are finished in oiled and waxed gumwood.
Practical English Composition: Book II. | Edwin L. Miller
Tharn, narrow-eyed and alert, watched them halt and gather gumwood torches, saw these latter ignited and the march resumed.
The Return of Tharn | Howard Carleton Browne
Quickly Tharn propped the torch of gumwood against a tree bole and dragged the two corpses into the brush.
The Return of Tharn | Howard Carleton Browne

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