opossum wood
opossum wood · opossum woods
A silver bell treeA silver bell tree (Halesia spp.)
Meaning
3 senses(countable)A silver bell tree (Halesia spp.)
(uncountable)Wood of the silver bell, close-grained, hard, and pinkish.
(countable)Rough possumwood; any member of species Quintinia sieberi of timber trees of Australia.
More definitions
- medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas
Forms
plural: opossum woods| Singular | opossum wood |
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Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas:silver-bell treesilverbell treesnowdrop treeHalesia carolinaHalesia tetraptera
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedpossumwood
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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