musclewood
musclewood · musclewoods
Carpinus caroliniana, a deciduous tree of eastern North AmericaCarpinus caroliniana, a deciduous tree of eastern North America.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Carpinus caroliniana, a deciduous tree of eastern North America.
(uncountable)The wood of this tree.
Origin
From muscle (“from the sinewy appearance of the trunk and branches”) + wood.From muscle (“from the sinewy appearance of the trunk and branches”) + wood.
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Forms
plural: musclewoods| Singular | musclewood |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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