blackwood

See also: Blackwood

English

Etymology

black +‎ wood

Noun

blackwood (usually uncountable, plural blackwoods)

  1. (countable) Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
    1. African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
    2. Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
    3. Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
    4. Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Mexico.
  2. (uncountable) The very dark wood of such trees.

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