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Webster 1913 Edition
Torchwood
Torch′woodˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
The inflammable wood of certain trees (
Amyris balsamifera
, Amyris Floridana
, etc.); also, the trees themselves. Definition 2024
torchwood
torchwood
English
Noun
torchwood (plural torchwoods)
- (uncountable) Wood used to make torches.
- A tree of the genus Amyris.
- A type of cactus, Cactus heptagonus.
- Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence, foxfire.