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whitewood
(encz) | whitewood,bílé (světlé) dřevo n: např. lipové dřevo Jiří Dadák |
Whitewood
(gcide) | Whitewood \White"wood`\, n.
The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree
(Liriodendron tulipifera). It is much used in cabinetwork,
carriage building, etc.
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Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called
whitewood in various countries, as the wood of
Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of
Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc.
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Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella.
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whitewood
(gcide) | Bass \Bass\, n. [A corruption of bast.]
1. (Bot.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called
whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making
mats. See Bast.
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2. (Pron. ?) A hassock or thick mat.
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whitewood
(wn) | whitewood
n 1: light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for
furniture and veneer [syn: tulipwood, true tulipwood,
whitewood, white poplar, yellow poplar] |
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Whitewood
(gcide) | Whitewood \White"wood`\, n.
The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree
(Liriodendron tulipifera). It is much used in cabinetwork,
carriage building, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called
whitewood in various countries, as the wood of
Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of
Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc.
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Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella.
[1913 Webster]Bass \Bass\, n. [A corruption of bast.]
1. (Bot.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called
whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making
mats. See Bast.
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2. (Pron. ?) A hassock or thick mat.
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Whitewood bark
(gcide) | Whitewood \White"wood`\, n.
The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree
(Liriodendron tulipifera). It is much used in cabinetwork,
carriage building, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called
whitewood in various countries, as the wood of
Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of
Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc.
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Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella.
[1913 Webster]Canella \Ca*nel"la\ (k[.a]*n[e^]l"l[.a]), n. [LL. (OE. canel,
canelle, cinnamon, fr. F. cannelle), Dim. of L. canna a reed.
Canella is so called from the shape of the rolls of prepared
bark. See Cane.] (Bot.)
A genus of trees of the order Canellace[ae], growing in the
West Indies.
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Note: The principal species is Canella alba, and its bark
is a spice and drug exported under the names of {wild
cinnamon} and whitewood bark.
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whitewood bark
(gcide) | Whitewood \White"wood`\, n.
The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree
(Liriodendron tulipifera). It is much used in cabinetwork,
carriage building, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called
whitewood in various countries, as the wood of
Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of
Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc.
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Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella.
[1913 Webster]Canella \Ca*nel"la\ (k[.a]*n[e^]l"l[.a]), n. [LL. (OE. canel,
canelle, cinnamon, fr. F. cannelle), Dim. of L. canna a reed.
Canella is so called from the shape of the rolls of prepared
bark. See Cane.] (Bot.)
A genus of trees of the order Canellace[ae], growing in the
West Indies.
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Note: The principal species is Canella alba, and its bark
is a spice and drug exported under the names of {wild
cinnamon} and whitewood bark.
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canary whitewood
(wn) | canary whitewood
n 1: tall North American deciduous timber tree having large
tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit;
yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work
[syn: tulip tree, tulip poplar, yellow poplar,
canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera] |
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