TOUCHWOOD


Meaning of TOUCHWOOD in English

/tuch"wood'/ , n.

1. wood converted into an easily ignitible substance by the action of certain fungi, and used as tinder; punk.

2. Mycol. amadou.

[ 1570-80; TOUCH + WOOD 1 ]

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