"blackwood" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blackwoods [plural]
Etymology: black + wood Etymology templates: {{compound|en|black|wood}} black + wood Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} blackwood (usually uncountable, plural blackwoods)
  1. (countable) Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
    African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
    Tags: countable, uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Woods
    Sense id: en-blackwood-en-noun-MFoirU2v Disambiguation of Woods: 18 18 25 18 21
  2. (countable) Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
    Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
    Tags: countable, uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Acacias, Woods
    Sense id: en-blackwood-en-noun-6FE9nETb Disambiguation of Acacias: 16 37 26 13 8 Disambiguation of Woods: 18 18 25 18 21
  3. (countable) Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
    Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
    Tags: countable, uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Dalbergieae tribe plants, Woods
    Sense id: en-blackwood-en-noun-GV0GmG47 Disambiguation of Dalbergieae tribe plants: 25 18 33 15 10 Disambiguation of Woods: 18 18 25 18 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 17 37 18 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 16 45 16 4
  4. (countable) Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
    Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Mexico.
    Tags: countable, uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Woods
    Sense id: en-blackwood-en-noun-WJMCnG1C Disambiguation of Woods: 18 18 25 18 21
  5. (uncountable) The very dark wood of such trees. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Woods
    Sense id: en-blackwood-en-noun-335iU~je Disambiguation of Woods: 18 18 25 18 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Tasmanian blackwood

Inflected forms

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