Meaning

13 senses
  1. Any of numerous plants with bark or wood resembling cork, of diverse orders:

    Annona glabra, a plant found in the West Indies.

  2. Commiphora angolensis or sand corkwood, a shrub species growing mainly in Angola and Namibia.

  3. Duboisia spp., found in Australia.

  4. Endiandra sieberi, a corkwood from Australia in the laurel family.

  5. Caldcluvia paniculosa, a soft barked corkwood from Australia in the coachwood family.

  6. Entelea arborescens, a species found in New Zealand.

  7. Erythrina vespertilio (grey corkwood), a species from Australia.

  8. Hakea suberea, a species found in Australia.

  9. Leitneria floridana, a species found in southeastern North America.

  10. Melicope, a genus with species in Australia.

  11. Musanga cecropioides or African corkwood, a species found in Africa.

  12. Sesbania grandiflora, a species found in southeast Asia and northern Australia, with edible flowers.

More definitions
  • very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood

Origin

From cork + wood.

From cork + wood.

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Forms

plural: corkwoods
Singularcorkwood
Pluralcorkwoods

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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