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Word: Pearwood
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century; earliest use found in Nathan Bailey (d. 1742), lexicographer and schoolmaster. From pear + wood
Definition:
The wood of the pear tree, Pyrus communis.
Definition:
Chiefly with distinguishing word: the wood of any of several African trees, especially (in full "African pearwood") that of Manilkara obovata and Minus djave (both family Sapotaceae).
