letterwood
noun
1
: the mottled wood of a South American tree (Brosimum aubletii) used for veneer
2
: the tree that yields letterwood
Word History
Etymology
translation of French bois de lettres; from the fancied resemblance of its markings to letters of the alphabet
First Known Use
1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- pink lady's-slipper
- pink laver
- pink madder
- pink mahogany
- pink meadowsweet
- pink milkwort
- pink needle
- pink noise
- pink patch
- pink pearl
- pink pill
- pink rhododendron
- pink river dolphin
- pink rot
- pink salmon
- pink salt
- pink sheet
- pink shower
- pink shower tree
- pink slip
- pink spray
- pink stage
- pink tea
- pink tint
- pink vine