Definition of Corkwood tree

1. Noun. Very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood.

Exact synonyms: Corkwood, Leitneria Floridana
Group relationships: Genus Leitneria, Leitneria
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corkwood Tree

corks
corkscrew flower
corkscrew oesophagus
corkscrewed
corkscrewing
corkscrewlike
corkscrews
corkscrewy
corktree
corktrees
corkwing
corkwings
corkwood
corkwood family
corkwood tree (current term)
corkwoods
corky
corm
cormel
cormels
cormidia
cormidium
cormlike
cormogeny
cormoid
cormophyta
cormophyte
cormophytes
cormorant

Literary usage of Corkwood tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Australia Twice Traversed: The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative by Ernest Giles (1889)
"... also a tree that I only know by the name of the corkwood tree.* The wood is soft, and light in weight and colour. It is by no means a handsome tree. ..."

2. Select Extra-tropical Plants: Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"Called in Australia the Corkwood-tree; valuable for various utilitarian purposes. The red-flowered variety is grandly ornamental. ..."

3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1858)
"... distribution by any charitable society; coal; cochineal; coke; commissariat stores; copperas; corkwood, or the bark of the corkwood tree; corn, Indian; ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1858)
"... coal; cochineal; coke; commissariat stores ; copperas ; corkwood, or the bark of the corkwood tree ; corn, Indian ; cotton and tlax waste ; cotton wool ..."

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