"lightwood" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From light (noun) + wood (noun). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|light|wood|pos1=noun|pos2=noun}} light (noun) + wood (noun) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lightwood (uncountable)
  1. (Canada, US) Any wood used to light a fire; kindlings; especially, very resinous pine wood. Tags: Canada, US, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lightwood-en-noun-2HgR0N4R Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 28 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 73 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: lightwoods [plural]
Etymology: From light (“bright, pale”, adjective) + wood (noun). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|light|wood|pos1=adjective|pos2=noun|t1=bright, pale}} light (“bright, pale”, adjective) + wood (noun) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lightwood (plural lightwoods)
  1. Any of various trees with pale-coloured wood, especially the Australian tree Acacia melanoxylon. Categories (lifeform): Acacias
    Sense id: en-lightwood-en-noun-tHm9MOX7 Disambiguation of Acacias: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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