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/luyt"wood', -ood/, n. Southern U.S.1. Also called fatwood. kindling.2. resinous pine wood used for kindling.[1675-85; LIGHT1 + WOOD1]
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Lightwood — Light wood (l[imac]t w[oo^]d ), n. Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lightwood — [līt′wood΄] n. Chiefly South 1. very dry wood ☆ 2. dry, resinous pine wood that burns readily with a bright light … English World dictionary
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Lightwood syndrome — Light·wood syndrome (lītґwood) [Reginald Cyril Lightwood, British pediatrician, 1898–1985] see under syndrome … Medical dictionary
lightwood — noun Date: 1685 chiefly Southern wood used for kindling; especially coniferous wood abounding in pitch … New Collegiate Dictionary
lightwood — noun a) Any of various trees with pale coloured wood, especially the Australian tree Acacia melanoxylon. b) Wood used to light a fire; also a tree from which one obtains such wood … Wiktionary
lightwood — n. wood used to light fires, kindling … English contemporary dictionary
lightwood — light·wood … English syllables
