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Webster 1913 Edition

Barwood

Bar′woodˊ

(bär′woŏdˊ)
,
Noun.
A red wood of a leguminous tree (
Baphia nitida
), from Angola and the Gabon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner’s work.

Definition 2024

barwood

barwood

English

Noun

barwood ‎(usually uncountable, plural barwoods)

  1. The red wood of a leguminous African tree, Baphia nitida, used as a dyewood and for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

Synonyms

Etymology

bar +‎ wood?

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