whitewood bark

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whitewood bark - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Whitewood \White"wood`\, n.
     The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree
     (Liriodendron tulipifera). It is much used in cabinetwork,
     carriage building, etc.
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     Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called
           whitewood in various countries, as the wood of
           Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of
           Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc.
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     Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella.
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  Canella \Ca*nel"la\ (k[.a]*n[e^]l"l[.a]), n. [LL. (OE. canel,
     canelle, cinnamon, fr. F. cannelle), Dim. of L. canna a reed.
     Canella is so called from the shape of the rolls of prepared
     bark. See Cane.] (Bot.)
     A genus of trees of the order Canellace[ae], growing in the
     West Indies.
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     Note: The principal species is Canella alba, and its bark
           is a spice and drug exported under the names of wild cinnamon
            and whitewood bark.
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