Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tree of Guiana, Aspidosperma excelsum of the Apocynaceæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The light elastic wood of the
Aspidosperma excelsum , a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The light
elastic wood of Aspidosperma excelsum, aSouth American tree whosetrunk is readily split intoplanks .
Etymologies
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paddle + wood
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