Wagenboom

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wagenboom \Wa"gen*boom`\, n. [D., literally, wagon tree.] (Bot.)
     A south African proteaceous tree ({Protea grandiflora});
     also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels.
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