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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)

  1. (uncountable) Wood used to make torches.
  2. A tree of the genus Amyris.
  3. A type of cactus, Cactus heptagonus.
  4. Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence, foxfire.