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Noun: camwood  'kam,wûd
  1. Small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye
    "Camwood dye was traditionally used in African textiles and body paint";
    - African sandalwood, Baphia nitida

Derived forms: camwoods

Type of: tree

Part of: Baphia, genus Baphia

Encyclopedia: Camwood