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skewerwood

American

[skyoo-er-wood] / ˈskyu ərˌwʊd /

noun

British Dialect.

the spindle tree, Euonymus europaeus.
the red dogwood, Cornus sanguinea.

Etymology

Origin of skewerwood

First recorded in 1775–85; skewer + wood ¹

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