lightwood

2 definitions found

lightwood - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lightwood \Light"wood`\ (l[imac]t"w[oo^]d`), n.
     Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the
     Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like,
     for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.
     [1913 Webster]

lightwood - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lightwood
      n 1: tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber
           [syn: lightwood, Acacia melanoxylon]