'Whitewood bark' definitions:
Definition of 'Whitewood bark'
From: GCIDE
- Whitewood \White"wood`\, n. The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called whitewood in various countries, as the wood of Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'whitewood bark'
From: GCIDE
- Canella \Ca*nel"la\ (k[.a]*n[e^]l"l[.a]), n. [LL. (OE. canel, canelle, cinnamon, fr. F. cannelle), Dim. of L. canna a reed. Canella is so called from the shape of the rolls of prepared bark. See Cane.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of the order Canellace[ae], growing in the West Indies. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The principal species is Canella alba, and its bark is a spice and drug exported under the names of {wild cinnamon} and whitewood bark. [1913 Webster]