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Definition of Corkwood tree
1. Noun. Very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood.
Group relationships: Genus Leitneria, Leitneria
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corkwood Tree
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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