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Definition of Cocoswood
1. Noun. Wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets.
Exact synonyms: Cocuswood, Granadilla Wood
Substance meronyms: Brya Ebenus, Granadilla Tree, Granadillo
Generic synonyms: Wood
Substance meronyms: Brya Ebenus, Granadilla Tree, Granadillo
Generic synonyms: Wood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cocoswood
Literary usage of Cocoswood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"Among other woods which may have (Robinson) an irritating effect are some ebonies,
magenta, rosewood, West Indian boxwood, cocoswood, partridge-wood, ..."
2. The Book of Archery by George Agar Hansard (1840)
"Mr. Waring will furnish a very good looking serviceable bow of this same palm,
or " cocoswood," — its more modern and fashionable name. ..."
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