Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Victoria, the hard yellowish-white wood of the Australian tree Pittosporum bicolor.
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The Pine Tree embarked on a two-year study of the pittosporum resineferum, or resin cheesewood, now referred to in the study as petroleum nut.
Bulatlat 2009
hernesheir commented on the word cheesewood
Not fit for a cheesery. Rather, the common name for a species of Pittosporum, a plant widely used in the landscape trade in Florida.
September 18, 2009