LETTERWOOD

Meaning of LETTERWOOD in English

/let"euhr wood'/ , n.

snakewood.

[ 1690-1700, designating another tree; LETTER 1 + WOOD 1 , so called from the wood's letterlike markings ]

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LETTERWOOD — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: translation of French bois de lettres; from the fancied resemblance of its markings to letters of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LETTERWOOD — (n.) The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana; -- …
Английский словарь Webster
LETTERWOOD — ( n. ) The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LETTERWOOD — noun the beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus brosimum (b. aubletii), found in guiana; …
Webster English vocab
SPECKLED WOOD — noun 1. : letterwood 2. : palmyra wood cut transversely so as to give a mottled effect
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SNAKEWOOD — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : nux vomica 2 2. : an East Indian climbing shrub ( Rauwolfia serpentina ) whose twisted …
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LEOPARDWOOD — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. : letterwood b. : a tree yielding such wood 2. a. : leopard tree wood b. …
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BROSIMUM — ˈbrō]səməm, -rä], ]zə-\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek brōsimon, neuter of brōsimos eatable, from Greek bibrōskein to …
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SNAKEWOOD — (n.) Same as Letterwood.
Английский словарь Webster
LEOPARDWOOD — (n.) See Letterwood.
Английский словарь Webster
SNAKEWOOD — ( n. ) Same as Letterwood.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEOPARDWOOD — ( n. ) See Letterwood.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAKEWOOD — /snayk"wood'/ , n. 1. the heavy, dark-red wood of a South American tree, Piratinera guianensis, used for decorative veneers, musical …
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SNAKEWOOD — noun ·same·as letterwood. 2. snakewood ·noun ·same·as trumpetwood. 3. snakewood ·noun a tropical american shrub (plumieria rubra) which has very …
Webster English vocab
LEOPARDWOOD — noun ·see letterwood.
Webster English vocab
URTICALES — nettle order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, the largest order in the subclass Hamamelidae. The order includes a diversity of plant …
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