Cottonwood :: Cottonwood (n.) An American tree of the genus Populus or poplar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the P. monilifera and P. angustifolia of the Western United States..

Deadwood :: Deadwood (n.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.

Deadwood :: Deadwood (n.) Dead trees or branches; useless material.

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

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

Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Wood drifted or floated by water.

Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.

Dyewood :: Dyewood (n.) Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing.

Eaglewood :: Eaglewood (n.) A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.

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

Fiddlewood :: Fiddlewood (n.) The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum..

Firewood :: Firewood (n.) Wood for fuel.

Flintwood :: Flintwood (n.) An Australian name for the very hard wood of the Eucalyptus piluralis.

Gopher Wood :: Gopher wood () A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark.

Greenwood :: Greenwood (n.) A forest as it appears is spring and summer.

Greenwood :: Greenwood (a.) Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade..

Heartwood :: Heartwood (n.) 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..

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

Ironwood :: Ironwood (n.) A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood..

Jackwood :: "Jackwood (n.) Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in cabinetwork..

Jakwood :: Jakwood (n.) See Jackwood.

Kiabooca Wood :: Kiabooca wood () See Kyaboca wood.

Kyaboca Wood :: Kyaboca wood () Amboyna wood.

Kyaboca Wood :: Kyaboca wood () Sandalwood (Santalum album).

Lancewood :: Lancewood (n.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae)..

Leatherwood :: Leatherwood (n.) A small branching shrub (Dirca palustris), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also moosewood, and wicopy..

Leopardwood :: Leopardwood (n.) See Letterwood.

Letterwood :: Letterwood (n.) The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks..

Leverwood :: Leverwood (n.) The American hop hornbeam (Ostrya Virginica), a small tree with very tough wood..

Lightwood :: 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..

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