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Noun: lightwood  'lIt,wûd
  1. Tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber
    "Lightwood is ironically named, as its timber is quite dense";
    - Acacia melanoxylon

Derived forms: lightwoods

Type of: blackwood, blackwood tree

Part of: genus Acacia

Encyclopedia: Lightwood, Staffordshire