'Corkwood' definitions:
Definition of 'corkwood'
(from WordNet)
noun
Very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood [syn: corkwood, corkwood tree, Leitneria floridana]
Definition of 'Corkwood'
From: GCIDE
- Corkwood \Cork"wood`\ (k[^o]rk"w[oo^]d`), n.
- 1. The wood of the cork oak. [Obs.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky wood; esp.: (a) In the United States, the tree Leitneria floridana, a very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in the southeastern US having extremely light wood; -- called also the corkwood tree. (b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees Ochroma lagopus and Pariti tiliaceum. (2) The tree producing the aligator apple. (3) The blolly. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'corkwood'
From: GCIDE
- Porkwood \Pork"wood`\, n. (Bot.) The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree (Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood. [1913 Webster]