"warwood" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: war + wood. Perhaps at least partly an allusion to koa (Acacia koa), a tree endemic to Hawaii with wood similar in quality to Juglans nigra, black walnut, and whose name in Hawaiian can also mean warrior, or to beefwood (Casuarina equisetifolia) which also has deep-colored, hard wood and in some Polynesian languages shares the same association between the name and words for warriors (both cognate with the Hawaiian term). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|war|wood}} war + wood, {{taxlink|Acacia koa|species}} Acacia koa, {{taxfmt|Juglans nigra|species}} Juglans nigra, {{taxfmt|Casuarina equisetifolia|species}} Casuarina equisetifolia Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} warwood (uncountable)
  1. Wood used for military materiel, especially in the context of historical warfare Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-warwood-en-noun-0gy338Kk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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  "etymology_text": "war + wood. Perhaps at least partly an allusion to koa (Acacia koa), a tree endemic to Hawaii with wood similar in quality to Juglans nigra, black walnut, and whose name in Hawaiian can also mean warrior, or to beefwood (Casuarina equisetifolia) which also has deep-colored, hard wood and in some Polynesian languages shares the same association between the name and words for warriors (both cognate with the Hawaiian term).",
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          "ref": "1849, Herman Melville, Mardi",
          "text": "Sons of battle! Hunters of men!\nRaise high your war-wood!\nHack away merry men, hack away.",
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          "text": "1880, Gerald Manley Hopkins, \"Spring and fall to a young child\" in T.M. Flormata-Ballesteros, Speech and Oral Communication, page 144, →ISBN.\nBy and by, nor spare a sigh\nThough worlds of warwood leafmeal lie"
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