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An American tree of the genus Populus or polar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the P. monilifera and P. angustifolia of the Western United States.

A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.

A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive.

The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes.

Wood drifted or floated by water.

Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing.

A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.

The soft, spongy wood of a species of Magnolia (M. Umbrella).

The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.

Wood for fuel.

An Australian name for the very hard wood of the Eucalyptus piluralis.

A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark. Gen. vi. 14.

Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade. Dryden.

The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.

A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia) with showy, crimson blossoms.

A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.

Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in cabinetwork.

See Jackwood.

. See Kyaboca wood.

Amboyna wood.