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单词 stinkwood
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stinkwood

[ stingk-wood ]
/ ˈstɪŋkˌwʊd /

noun

any of several trees yielding fetid wood.
the wood of any of these trees.

Origin of stinkwood

First recorded in 1725–35; stink + wood1

Words nearby stinkwood

stinkpot, stink stone, stink to high heaven, stink trap, stinkweed, stinkwood, stinky, stinky pinky, Stinnes, stint, stipe
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Example sentences from the Web for stinkwood

  • There were tall timber-trees—yellowwood, sneezewood, essenwood, stinkwood—and the ground was carpeted with thick grass and ferns.

    Prester John|John Buchan
  • There was the Buckenhout table, and there were the stools and couches made of stinkwood.

    Jess|H. Rider Haggard
  • We took a path up the Berg among groves of stinkwood and essenwood, where a failing stream made an easy route.

    Prester John|John Buchan

British Dictionary definitions for stinkwood

stinkwood
/ (ˈstɪŋkˌwʊd) /

noun

any of various trees having offensive-smelling wood, esp Ocotea bullata, a southern African lauraceous tree yielding a hard wood used for furniture
the heavy durable wood of any of these trees
Also called (NZ): hupiro a New Zealand shrub or small tree, Coprosma foetidissima, whose leaves give off an unpleasant smell when they are crushed
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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