Word Study
whitewood
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun whitewood has 1 sense
- whitewood(n = noun.plant) true tulipwood, tulipwood, white poplar, yellow poplar - light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer; Array is a kind of wood
CIDE DICTIONARY
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]
For further exploring for "whitewood" in Webster Dictionary Online
