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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small Australian tree of the bean family, Daviesia arborea, or its wood, which may be obtained in logs from 6 to 12 inches in diameter. The wood is hard, close-grained, streaked with beautiful pink lines, and takes a high polish.
  • noun The wood of the angico, Stachychrysum rigidum. It is very hard, dark reddish-brown, often streaked with black, and may be obtained in the form of trimmed logs from 6 to 10 inches in diameter. See angico and Piptadenia.

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