crabwood
[ krab-wood ]
noun
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How to use crabwood in a sentence
The Indians have a path alongside of it, through the forest, where prodigious crabwood trees grow.
Wanderings in South America | Charles Watertoncrabwood (Gymnanthes lucida) is known chiefly by the fine canes made of it.
American Forest Trees | Henry H. Gibson
British Dictionary definitions for crabwood
crabwood
/ (ˈkræbˌwʊd) /
noun
a tropical American meliaceous tree, Carapa guianensis
the wood of this tree, used for construction
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