Definitions for corkwood

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corkwood cork·wood

Spelling: [kawrk-woo d]

IPA: /ˈkɔrkˌwʊd/

Corkwood is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in corkwood (cdkooorw).

Definitions for corkwood

noun

1. a stout shrub or small tree, Leitneria floridana, having light green deciduous leaves, woolly catkins, and a drupaceous fruit.
2. any of certain trees and shrubs yielding a light and porous wood, as the balsa.

Origin of corkwood

First recorded in 1750-60; cork + wood¹

Examples for corkwood

Certain other Florida plants accompanied it, one of which was corkwood (Leitneria floridana).

The results of these tests indicate that there is no essential oil in corkwood obtainable by steam distillation.

The first operation, that is, the first thing done with the corkwood, is the sorting.

Among the different varieties of trees are corkwood, sandal, myrtle, and pimento.

Appended is a diagram that will give some idea of the utilization of corkwood.