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Definition of Cocuswood
1. Noun. Wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets.
Exact synonyms: Cocoswood, 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 Cocuswood
Literary usage of Cocuswood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of occupation and vocational hygiene by George Martin Kober, William Clinton Hanson (1916)
"Crocker has recorded cases of dermatitis in flute makers who use cocuswood, due,
he thinks, to a resin in the wood, which belongs to the family ..."
2. The Indian Forester; a Quarterly Magazine of Forestry (1881)
"The stock of all kinds is exhausted, the demand is active, and supplies of fresh,
well-grown wood command high prices. cocuswood.—The demand has been only ..."