corkwood

American  

[kawrk-wood] / ˈkɔrkˌwʊd /

noun

1. a stout shrub or small tree, Leitneria floridana, having light green deciduous leaves, woolly catkins, and a drupaceous fruit.

2. any of certain trees and shrubs yielding a light and porous wood, as the balsa.

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corkwood British  

/ ˈkɔːkˌwʊd /

noun

1. a small tree, Leitneria floridana, of the southeastern US, having very lightweight porous wood: family Leitneriaceae

2. any other tree with light porous wood

3. the wood of any of these trees

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Etymology

Origin of corkwood

First recorded in 1750–60; cork + wood ¹

Example Sentences

And from that hour until now, all corkwood trees lean toward the earth, as I will show thee, if thou wilt go with me to the beach where they grow.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 1 by Patten, William

Now Webubu was still playing his flute on the platform he had built in the corkwood tree, when the women came in sight.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 1 by Patten, William

It is about two inches in diameter, four-sided rather than round, with rough, corrugated, withered bark, in appearance similar to the corkwood bark used for rustic summer-houses in England.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon

Then straightway what he had feared came to pass, and Webubu, and his flute, and the multitude of women fell crashing through the branches of the corkwood tree to the ground beneath.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 1 by Patten, William

Another road, little better than a bridle-path, runs northward to Ximena and through the corkwood forests of that plain towards the mountain ranges that rise between Ronda and the sea.

From In Kedar's Tents by Merriman, Henry Seton