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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A moderately large tree, Wrightia tinctoria, a native of Burma: so called from the wood, which is beautifully white, hard, and close-grained, resembling ivory and used for turning. The name is also applied to other species of the genus used for the same purpose.

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