hardwood

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: hard=wood

CIDE DICTIONARY

hardwood, n. 

 The wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers); also items made from such wood; as, decorative hardwood.  [WordNet 1.5]

hardwood, adj. 

 Made of the hard-to-cut wood of a broad-leaved tree, as e.g. oak; consisting of a hardwood; as, hardwood floors; -- of wood and wooden objects.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hardwood, n. the wood from a deciduous broad-leaved tree as distinguished from that of conifers.