Definitions for: Whitewood

[n] light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer

Webster (1913) Definition: White"wood`, n.
The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree
(Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage
building, etc.

Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called
whitewood in various countries, as the wood of
Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of
Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc.

Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella.

Synonyms: true tulipwood, tulipwood, white poplar, yellow poplar

See Also: canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera, tulip poplar, tulip tree, wood

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