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Webster 1913 Edition
Stinkwood
Stink′woodˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the
Foetidia Mauritiana
of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata
. Definition 2024
stinkwood
stinkwood
English
Noun
stinkwood (plural stinkwoods)
- Any of several unrelated trees whose wood has an unpleasant smell, but especially Ocotea bullata, a south African tree yielding hard, heavy wood
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