corkwood

cork·wood (kôrk

)

1. A deciduous shrub or small tree (Leitneria floridana) native to wet regions of the southeast United States and having soft lightweight wood.

2. See balsa.

3. Any of certain Australian shrubs or small trees of the genus Duboisia having leaves used for the commercial extraction of belladonna alkaloids.

corkwood [ˈkɔːkˌwʊd]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a small tree, Leitneria floridana, of the southeastern US, having very lightweight porous wood: family Leitneriaceae

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any other tree with light porous wood

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) the wood of any of these trees

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Noun

corkwood - very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood

corkwood tree, Leitneria floridana

genus Leitneria, Leitneria - one species: corkwood

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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balsa
Bush
corkwood family
corkwood tree
dicot family
dicot genus
family Leitneriaceae
firmness
genus Leitneria
Leitneria
Leitneria floridana
Leitneriaceae
magnoliopsid family
magnoliopsid genus
Myricales
order Myricales
Porkwood
shrub
Wood

melanocarpa Cherry Sour Prunus cerasus Chinkapin Florida Castanea alnifolia Cinnecord Acacia choriophylla Coconut Palm Cocos nucifera Cocoplum Chrysobalanus icaco Colubrina Coffee Colubrina arborescens Colubrina Cuba Colubrina cubensis Corkwood Leitneria floridana Cranberrybush American Viburnum trilobum Crossopetalum Florida Crossopetalum rhacoma Cupania Florida Cupania glabra Cypress Cuyamaca Cupressus arizonica v.

Species without champs by American Forests

Letters were sent inviting property owners and residents in the two-block area - along Cedar and Corkwood avenues between Avenues H-8 and H-12 - to attend the meeting.

PEOPLE IN HIGH-CRIME AREA INVITED TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SAFETY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

In the West Indies, balsa is known as West Indian corkwood.

Balsa -- Lightweight Wood Has Variety of Uses by KAISER, JO-ANN / Wood & Wood Products

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