"softwood" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: softwoods [plural]
Etymology: soft + wood Etymology templates: {{compound|en|soft|wood}} soft + wood Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} softwood (countable and uncountable, plural softwoods)
  1. (countable, chiefly botany) The wood from any gymnosperm, without regard to how soft this wood is. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Woods Translations (wood from a gymnosperm): havupuu (Finnish), Nadelholz [neuter] (German), adhmad bog [masculine] (Irish), bogadhmad [masculine] (Irish), rākau mohe (Maori), banakal (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-softwood-en-noun-uqlO1c7L Disambiguation of Woods: 30 31 27 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 7 7 38 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 53 7 5 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 7 5 26 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'wood from a gymnosperm': 76 9 8 7
  2. (countable, in more general use) Wood of this kind, but limited to those that are commercial timbers. Tags: countable Categories (lifeform): Woods
    Sense id: en-softwood-en-noun-BH~h~P3~ Disambiguation of Woods: 30 31 27 12
  3. (countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields this wood. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Forestry Categories (lifeform): Woods Translations (tree that yields the timber): havupuu (Finnish), Nadelgewächs [neuter] (German), Nadelholzgewächs [neuter] (German), Nadelholz [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-softwood-en-noun-2c3JfYeB Disambiguation of Woods: 30 31 27 12 Topics: business, forestry Disambiguation of 'tree that yields the timber': 3 11 53 33
  4. (uncountable) Any commercial timber. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Woods Translations (commercial timber in general): sahatavara (english: sawn goods) (Finnish), puu (english: wood as material) (Finnish), Holz [neuter] (German), Bauholz [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-softwood-en-noun-yWTRr39A Disambiguation of Woods: 30 31 27 12 Disambiguation of 'commercial timber in general': 8 23 4 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hardwood, wood, timber, lumber Translations (commercial timber from a gymnosperm): havupuu (Finnish), Nadelholz [neuter] (German), adhmad bog [masculine] (Irish), bogadhmad [masculine] (Irish)
Disambiguation of 'commercial timber from a gymnosperm': 42 15 3 41

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