corkwood

cork·wood

C0644400 (kôrk′wo͝od′)n.1. Any of various trees having soft lightweight wood, especially:a. A deciduous shrub or small tree (Leitneria floridana) native to wet regions of the southeast United States.b. See balsa.c. Any of certain Australian shrubs or small trees of the genus Duboisia having leaves used for the commercial extraction of belladonna alkaloids.2. The wood of any of these trees.

corkwood

(ˈkɔːkˌwʊd) n1. (Plants) a small tree, Leitneria floridana, of the southeastern US, having very lightweight porous wood: family Leitneriaceae2. (Plants) any other tree with light porous wood3. (Forestry) the wood of any of these trees

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(ˈkɔrkˌwʊd)

n. 1. a small tree, Leitneria floridana, with light green leaves and woolly catkins. 2. any of certain trees and shrubs yielding a light and porous wood, as the balsa. [1750–60]

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corkwood - very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light woodcorkwood tree, Leitneria floridanagenus Leitneria, Leitneria - one species: corkwoodbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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corkwood:

see bombaxbombax
, common name for the Bombacaceae, a family of deciduous trees, often tall and with unusually thick trunks, found chiefly in the American tropics. The family includes many commercially important members, e.g.
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balsa, corkwood

The lightest of all woods, with density of about 7 to 10 lb per cu ft (110 to 160 kg per cu m); used for the core of lightweight sandwich panels, models, etc.

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corkwood:

balsa, corkwood

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Synonyms for corkwood

noun very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood

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