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bentwood
wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture
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pine
straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
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larch
wood of a larch tree
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fir
nonresinous wood of a fir tree
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cedar, cedarwood
durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests
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spruce
light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
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hemlock
soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
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cypress
wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
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redwood
the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees
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citronwood, sandarac
durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain)
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kauri
white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis
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yellowwood
the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees
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yew
wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
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lancewood
durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools
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true tulipwood, tulipwood, white poplar, whitewood, yellow poplar
light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
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zebrawood
handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork
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cocoswood, cocuswood, granadilla wood
wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets
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shittimwood
wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle
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sabicu, sabicu wood
the wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany
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bamboo
the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
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tulipwood
the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees
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balsa, balsa wood
strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats
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silver quandong
pale easily worked timber from the quandong tree
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obeche
the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering
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basswood, linden
soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
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beefwood
any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork
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briarwood, brier-wood, brierwood
wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes
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beech, beechwood
wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles
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chestnut
wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
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oak
the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
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birch
hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
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alder
wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
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hazel
the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
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olive
hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork
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ash
strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
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ironwood
exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
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walnut
hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling
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hickory
valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
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pecan
wood of a pecan tree
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pyinma
relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle; light reddish brown, smooth and lustrous
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gum, gumwood
wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
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eucalyptus
wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber
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tupelo
pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum
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poon
wood of any poon tree; used for masts and spars
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red lauan
hard heavy red wood of the red lauan tree; often sold as Philippine mahogany
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elm, elmwood
hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture
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brazilwood
heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods
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locust
hardwood from any of various locust trees
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logwood
very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
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rosewood
hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork
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kingwood
handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork
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granadilla wood
dark red hardwood derived from the cocobolo and used in making musical instruments e.g. clarinets
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blackwood
very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees
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Panama redwood, quira
hard heavy red wood of a quira tree
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red sandalwood, ruby wood
hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork
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black locust
strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay
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cherry
wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
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fruitwood
wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork
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lemonwood
hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods
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incense wood
fragrant wood of two incense trees of the genus Protium
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mahogany
wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
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satinwood
hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools
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orangewood
fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork
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citronwood
wood of a citron tree
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guaiac wood, guaiacum wood
heartwood of a palo santo; yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes
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guaiac, guaiacum, lignum vitae
hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
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poplar
soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar
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sandalwood
close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork
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Turkish boxwood, boxwood
very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks
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maple
wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring
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sumac
wood of a sumac
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ebony
hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
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lacewood, sycamore
variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
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teak, teakwood
hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
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dogwood
hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood
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sapwood
newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction
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duramen, heartwood
the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
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burl
the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer
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brushwood
the wood from bushes or small branches
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cabinet wood
moderately dense wood used for cabinetwork
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driftwood
wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore
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log
a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
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matchwood
wood suitable for making matchsticks
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matchwood, splinters
wood in small pieces or splinters
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sawdust
fine particles of wood made by sawing wood
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wicker
slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork
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dyewood
any wood from which dye is obtained
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hardwood
the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)
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deal, softwood
wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
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raw wood
wood that is not finished or painted
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knot
a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
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knotty pine
pine lumber with many knots; used especially for paneling and furniture
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white pine
soft white wood of white pine trees
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yellow pine
hard yellowish wood of a yellow pine
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red cedar
fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees
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douglas fir
strong durable timber of a douglas fir
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cypress pine
any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of Australia and northern New Caledonia
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Port Orford cedar
the wood of the Port Orford cedar tree
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juniper
coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones
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redwood, sequoia
either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
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Taxodium distichum, bald cypress, pond bald cypress, southern cypress, swamp cypress
common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
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Taxodium ascendens, bald cypress, pond cypress
smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum
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Mexican swamp cypress, Montezuma cypress, Taxodium mucronatum
cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands
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Callitris quadrivalvis, Tetraclinis articulata, sandarac, sandarac tree
large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes
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fumed oak
oak given a weathered appearance by exposure to fumes of ammonia; used for cabinetwork
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holm oak
hard wood of the holm oak tree
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hazelwood, red gum, satin walnut, sweet gum
reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
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Andaman redwood, amboyna
mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus
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applewood
wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus
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Philippine mahogany
red hardwood of the Philippine mahogany tree used for cigar boxes and interior finish
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cigar-box cedar
fragrant wood much used for cigar boxes
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bird's-eye maple
maple wood having a wavy grain with eyelike markings
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nurse log
a large decomposing tree trunk that has fallen, usually in a forest; the decaying wood provides moisture and nutrients for a variety of insects and plants
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saw log
log large enough to be sawed into boards
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pulpwood
softwood used to make paper
