Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wood of the jack-tree. See
jack-tree .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Wood of the jack (
Artocarpus integrifolia ), used in cabinetwork.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Cryptocarya
glaucescens , arainforest tree of easternAustralia whosebark is dark brown or reddish-brown and oftenscaly .
Etymologies
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jack + wood
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Examples
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The delicious scent of freshly baked baguettes filled the air, mixing with the incense wafting from inside the pagoda where the carved jackwood statues of Buddha in all his incarnations rose, surrounded by images of solemn judges and the fierce guardians of hell.
Floating City Lustbader, Eric 1990
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Musical acts spotlighted instruments like the tabla, a popular North Indian drum, and the veena, an ancient lute instrument carved out of a single piece of jackwood.
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