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Webster 1913 Edition


Blackwood

Black′wood

(blăk′woŏd)
,
Noun.
A name given to several dark-colored timbers. The East Indian black wood is from the tree
Dalbergia latifolia
.
Balfour.

Definition 2024


Blackwood

Blackwood

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English

Proper noun

Blackwood

  1. Any of many places in England, Scotland and the United States.
  2. An English and Scottish habitational surname derived from the placename.

Derived terms

blackwood

blackwood

See also: Blackwood

English

Noun

blackwood (usually uncountable, plural blackwoods)

  1. (countable) any of several trees yielding a very dark wood
    1. African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
    2. Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
    3. Malaysian blackwood (Diospyros ebonasea), of Malaysia
    4. Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
  2. (uncountable) the very dark wood of such trees