Definition of lightwood Lightwood

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We found 5 definitions of lightwood from 4 different sources.

What does lightwood mean?

Noun Plural: lightwoods
lightwood - tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber
		Acacia melanoxylon
		blackwood tree, blackwood any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood

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lightwood (Noun)
Any of various trees with pale-coloured wood, especially the Australian tree Acacia melanoxylon.
lightwood (Noun)
Wood used to light a fire; also a tree from which one obtains such wood.

lightwood (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.