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noun
Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence or foxfire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: foxfire
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noun
Wood used to make torches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.
Amyris balsamifera (balsam torchwood)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.
Amyris diatrypa (hairy torchwood)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.
Amyris elemifera (sea torchwood)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.
Amyris madrensis (mountain torchwood)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.
Amyris texana (Texas torchwood)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A type of cactus (Stenocereus heptagonus, syn. Cactus heptagonus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Ixora brachiata
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
From torch + wood.
Across languages
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