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dev⋅il⋅wood

[dev-uhl-wood]
–noun
a small olive tree, Osmanthus americanus, of the U.S., yielding a hard wood.

Origin:
1810–20; devil + wood 1
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dev·il·wood   (děv'əl-wŏŏd')   
n.  A tree (Osmanthus americanus) of the southeast United States, having fragrant greenish flowers, hard wood, and whitish bark. Also called wild olive.
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