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Whitewood n. The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc. Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called whitewood in various countries, as the wood of Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc.

Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Whitewood" Quotes from Famous Books

... be chosen as material, or, if the maker wishes to economize, American whitewood or yellow pine. Stuff 1/4 inch (actual) thick will serve throughout if the stronger woods are used; 3/8 inch for the shelf parts in the ...

— Things To Make • Archibald Williams

... for Standish and Alden is Duxbury famous. The beloved William Brewster himself moved to this new settlement, and up to a few years ago the traces of the whitewood trees which gave the name of "Eagle's Nest" to his house could be distinguished. One son—Love—lived with the venerable elder, who was a widower, and his other son Jonathan owned the neighboring farm. In the sight of the Plymouth Colony—their first home in the new land—the ...

— The Old Coast Road - From Boston to Plymouth • Agnes Rothery

Words linked to "Whitewood" : true tulipwood, tulipwood, white poplar, tulip tree, tulip poplar, canary whitewood