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stink⋅wood

  [stingk-wood]
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–noun
1. any of several trees yielding fetid wood.
2. the wood of any of these trees.
Origin:
1725–35; stink + wood 1
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stink·wood   (stĭngk'wŏŏd')   
n.  

    1. A southern African deciduous tree (Ocotea bullata) having wood with an unpleasant odor.

    2. The hard, heavy wood of this tree, used in cabinetwork.

  2. Any of several trees having wood with an unpleasant odor.

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