torchwood
Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence or foxfireWood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence or foxfire.
Meaning
9 senses(uncountable)Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence or foxfire.
(uncountable)Wood used to make torches.
A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.
(countable, uncountable)Amyris balsamifera (balsam torchwood)
(countable, uncountable)Amyris diatrypa (hairy torchwood)
(countable, uncountable)Amyris elemifera (sea torchwood)
(countable, uncountable)Amyris madrensis (mountain torchwood)
(countable, uncountable)Amyris texana (Texas torchwood)
(countable)A type of cactus (Stenocereus heptagonus, syn. Cactus heptagonus).
(countable, uncountable)Ixora brachiata
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From torch + wood.From torch + wood.
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Forms
plural: torchwoods| Singular | torchwood |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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