spicewood
[ spahys-wood ]
/ ˈspaɪsˌwʊd /
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noun
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Words nearby spicewood
spiceberry, spicebush, spicebush swallowtail, Spice Islands, spicery, spicewood, spick-and-span, spicula, spiculate, spiculation, spicule
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Example sentences from the Web for spicewood
Knowing its urgency, they left the spicewood and swept down with the helping band.
The Border Watch|Joseph A. AltshelerThe name cannot be translated and has no connection with naʻtûʻlĭ, “spicewood.”
Myths of the Cherokee|James MooneyThe spicewood was everywhere in flower in the forests on the bank, and it is said that its appearance indicates a fine soil.
Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843)|Alexander Philipp Maximilian, Prince of Wied