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whitewood
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whitewood, n.
The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron ). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc. [1913 Webster]
" Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called whitewood in various countries, as the wood of Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc." [1913 Webster]
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