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Webster 1913 Edition

Lightwood

Light′woodˊ

(līt′woŏdˊ)
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Noun.
Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.

Definition 2024

lightwood

lightwood

English

Noun

lightwood ‎(plural lightwoods)

  1. Any of various trees with pale-coloured wood, especially the Australian tree Acacia melanoxylon.
  2. (Canada, US) Wood used to light a fire; also a tree from which one obtains such wood.

Etymology

From light +‎ wood.

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