stinkwood

[ stingk-wood ]

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noun

stinkwood

/ ˈstɪŋkˌwʊd /

any of various trees having offensive-smelling wood, esp Ocotea bullata, a southern African lauraceous tree yielding a hard wood used for furniture
the heavy durable wood of any of these trees
Also called (NZ)hupiro a New Zealand shrub or small tree, Coprosma foetidissima , whose leaves give off an unpleasant smell when they are crushed

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First recorded in 1725–35; stink + wood ¹

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We took a path up the Berg among groves of stinkwood and essenwood, where a failing stream made an easy route.

There were tall timber-trees—yellowwood, sneezewood, essenwood, stinkwood—and the ground was carpeted with thick grass and ferns.

There was the Buckenhout table, and there were the stools and couches made of stinkwood.

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