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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood;
[syn: corkwood, corkwood tree, Leitneria floridana]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Porkwood \Pork"wood`\, n. (Bot.) The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree (Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Corkwood \Cork"wood`\ (k[^o]rk"w[oo^]d`), n. 1. The wood of the cork oak. [Obs.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky wood; esp.: (a) In the United States, the tree Leitneria floridana, a very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in the southeastern US having extremely light wood; -- called also the corkwood tree. (b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees Ochroma lagopus and Pariti tiliaceum. (2) The tree producing the aligator apple. (3) The blolly. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

corkwood n 1: very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood [syn: corkwood, corkwood tree, Leitneria floridana]