stinkwood
[ stingk-wood ]
/ ˈstɪŋkˌwʊd /
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noun
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Words nearby stinkwood
stinkpot, stink stone, stink to high heaven, stink trap, stinkweed, stinkwood, stinky, stinky pinky, Stinnes, stint, stipe
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Example sentences from the Web for stinkwood
We took a path up the Berg among groves of stinkwood and essenwood, where a failing stream made an easy route.
Prester John|John BuchanThere were tall timber-trees—yellowwood, sneezewood, essenwood, stinkwood—and the ground was carpeted with thick grass and ferns.
Prester John|John BuchanThere was the Buckenhout table, and there were the stools and couches made of stinkwood.
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British Dictionary definitions for stinkwood
stinkwood
/ (ˈstɪŋkˌwʊd) /
noun
any of various trees having offensive-smelling wood, esp Ocotea bullata, a southern African lauraceous tree yielding a hard wood used for furniture
the heavy durable wood of any of these trees
Also called (NZ): hupiro a New Zealand shrub or small tree, Coprosma foetidissima, whose leaves give off an unpleasant smell when they are crushed
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