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Definition of Hardwood
1. Noun. The wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers).
Generic synonyms: Wood
Definition of Hardwood
1. Noun. (mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness. ¹
2. Noun. (in more general use) As the preceding but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness. ¹
3. Noun. (countable forestry) The tree or tree species that yields the preceding. ¹
4. Noun. A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hardwood
1. the hard, compact wood of various trees [n -S]