Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several trees or shrubs yielding a usually resinous wood.
- noun The wood of such a plant, burned for light or fuel.
- noun The ocotillo.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any resinous wood used for torches or as a substitute for candles.
- noun A name given in the British West Indies to several trees, as to Amyris balsamifera or rhodeswood
- noun to Ouratea Guianensis, and
- noun to Sciadophyllum capitatum.
- noun The genus Fouquiera of northern Mexico and the adjacent United States, including several species with erect, slender, very resinous, and often leafless stems, and large bright-scarlet flowers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light
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Examples
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Tawnos gave a good - natured nod, but his veins were standing out at his neck from holding the candlewood spar in its twisted position.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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It was Urza who discovered that the sail-like wings had to be ribbed with thin shoots of candlewood in order to maintain their form in flight.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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Tawnos gave a good - natured nod, but his veins were standing out at his neck from holding the candlewood spar in its twisted position.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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Long poles of ancient candlewood jutted from the exposed bank, to which had been attached what looked like sail rigging.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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The candlewood supports groaned but held the craft upright.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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It was Urza who discovered that the sail-like wings had to be ribbed with thin shoots of candlewood in order to maintain their form in flight.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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The entire encampment could hear the sharp creaking of the candlewood struts and the high-pitched whine of the wires passing through metal loops and pulleys.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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Tawnos was stripped to the waist and bending a thick spar of candlewood along a graceful line chalked against one wall.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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Long poles of ancient candlewood jutted from the exposed bank, to which had been attached what looked like sail rigging.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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Tawnos was stripped to the waist and bending a thick spar of candlewood along a graceful line chalked against one wall.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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