Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wood of Brosimum Aubletii. It is mottled with dark blotches, giving a fancied resemblance to the skin of a leopard. See
snake-wood .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) See
letterwood .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Flindersia maculosa, a
tree in thecitrus family.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
leopard + wood, from its spotted bark.
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The shaped 9 inch long shaft was turned from leopardwood.
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