Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One of two Australian trees, Eucalyptus Doratoxylon in the southwest, and Acacia Doratoxylon in the interior, or the wood of the same, sought by the natives for spear-shafts.
Wiktionary
- n. Australia The erect woody evergreen shrub Kunzea ericifolia, endemic to Western Australia.
- n. Australia The shrub Acacia doratoxylon.
- n. Australia The flowering vine Pandorea doratoxylon.
- n. Australia The eucalypt Eucalyptus doratoxylon.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough wood, used by the natives for spears.
Etymologies
- From spear + wood; named for the use made of the wood by Australian Aborigines to make spear shafts. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“So thick with the Eastland spearwood was that rampart of renown;”
“Cooroo, over grassy country, with spearwood thickets intervening.”
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See The Wood For The Trees
Tree names that end in -wood. Anything ending in -wood that only refers to the wood, eg. applewood, firewood, etc. shall not be planted in this garden.
moosewood, ironwood, blackwood, sandalwood, milkwood, redwood, agarwood, buttonwood, agilawood, eaglewood, camwood, lemonwood and 71 more...
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