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partridge wood

noun

  1. the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.


partridge-wood

noun

  1. the dark striped wood of the tropical American leguminous tree, Andira inermis, used for cabinetwork
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of partridge wood1

First recorded in 1820–30

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