a tropical American meliaceous tree, Carapa guianensis
2.
the wood of this tree, used for construction
Examples of 'crabwood' in a sentence
crabwood
Growth rates of crabwood were high, and similar in both seasons (2 mm month-1).
Miguel Angelo Branco Camargo, Ricardo Antonio Marenco 2012, 'Growth, leaf and stomatal traits of crabwood (Carapa guianensis Aubl.) in centralAmazonia', Revista Árvorehttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-67622012000100002&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The data were obtained using semistructured interviews with 13 community members involved in crabwood oil extraction and via direct observation.
Mariane Nardi, Ana Cláudia Lira-Guedes, Helenilza Ferreira Albuquerque Cunha, MarcelinoCarneiro Guedes, Karen Mustin, Suellen Cristina Pantoja Gomes 2016, 'Artisanal Extraction and Traditional Knowledge Associated with Medicinal Use of CrabwoodOil (Carapa guianensis Aublet.) in a Peri-Urban Várzea Environment in the Amazon Estuary',Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5828021. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)