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torchwood, torch-wood|ˈtɔːtʃwʊd|
1. (torch-wood) Resinous wood of which torches are made.
1601Holland Pliny xxiv. vii. II. 184 As for Tæda or Torch-wood, if it be sodden in vinegre, it maketh a singular collution for to wash the teeth withall when they ake. 1603― Plutarch's Mor. 685 Trees that yeeld torch-wood and pitch, as pines, cone trees, and such like. 1842Bonar & M'Cheyne Narr. Miss. to Jews vi. (1843) 343 The Jews [there] are much employed in gathering and selling torch-wood.
2. (torchwood) Name for several plants.
a. A tree of the genus Amyris, N.O. Rutaceæ, having resinous wood, as A. sylvatica and A. balsamifera, of West Indies and Florida.
b. A West Indian shrub, Casearia (Thiodia) serrata, N.O. Samydaceæ.
c. A species of cactus, Cereus heptagonus.
1866Treas. Bot., Torchwood, Cereus heptagonus: also Thiodia serrata. Torchwood, Mountain, Amyris balsamifera. 1880Libr. Univ. Knowl. (N.Y.) VI. 65 There are [in Florida] splendid flowering magnolias,..palmette, mangrove, torchwood. |