"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 links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 64 36 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 72 28 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37
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: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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