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Definition of Blackwood tree
1. Noun. Any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood.
Specialized synonyms: Acacia Melanoxylon, Lightwood, Bloodwood Tree, Campeachy, Haematoxylum Campechianum, Logwood, Logwood Tree, Avicennia Marina, Black Mangrove
Terms within: Blackwood
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackwood Tree
Literary usage of Blackwood tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Compendium of Molesworth's Marathi and English Dictionary by Baba Padmanji, James Thomas Molesworth (1863)
"... Blackwood- tree. ... Relating to Blackwood-tree . (p) A bottle, flagon.
гТ/ Nausea. ». ..."
2. Select Extra-tropical Plants: Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"Generally known as Blackwood-tree, passing also under the inappro- priate name
of Lightwood-tree. In irrigated glens of deep soil the tree will attain a ..."
3. The Aborigines of Victoria: With Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives by Robert Brough Smyth (1878)
"The blackwood-tree The curlew (little bustard) Love, pretty, lovely, beautiful
The old Grange home- station in 1840 The site of Hamilton township Wannon at ..."
4. Technical Reports and Scientific Papers by Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, Imperial Institute (Great Britain) (1903)
"This tree is generally known as the blackwood tree, but sometimes passes under
the inappropriate name of the Lightwood tree. In irrigated glens, where a ..."
5. Two Years in the Jungle: The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India by William Temple Hornaday (1885)
"... top of a hundred-and-twenty-foot blackwood tree, and we begin to peer and
dodge about to catch a glimpse of the largest monkey in the troop. ..."
6. A Compendium of Molesworth's Marathi and English Dictionary by Baba Padmanji, James Thomas Molesworth (1863)
"... Blackwood- tree. ... Relating to Blackwood-tree . (p) A bottle, flagon.
гТ/ Nausea. ». ..."
7. Select Extra-tropical Plants: Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"Generally known as Blackwood-tree, passing also under the inappro- priate name
of Lightwood-tree. In irrigated glens of deep soil the tree will attain a ..."
8. The Aborigines of Victoria: With Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives by Robert Brough Smyth (1878)
"The blackwood-tree The curlew (little bustard) Love, pretty, lovely, beautiful
The old Grange home- station in 1840 The site of Hamilton township Wannon at ..."
9. Technical Reports and Scientific Papers by Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, Imperial Institute (Great Britain) (1903)
"This tree is generally known as the blackwood tree, but sometimes passes under
the inappropriate name of the Lightwood tree. In irrigated glens, where a ..."
10. Two Years in the Jungle: The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India by William Temple Hornaday (1885)
"... top of a hundred-and-twenty-foot blackwood tree, and we begin to peer and
dodge about to catch a glimpse of the largest monkey in the troop. ..."
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