3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Porkwood \Pork"wood`\, n. (Bot.) The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree ({Pisonia obtusata}) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called {pigeon wood}, {beefwood}, and {corkwood}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Corkwood \Cork"wood`\ (k[^o]rk"w[oo^]d`), n. 1. The wood of the cork oak. [Obs.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky wood; esp.: (a) In the United States, the tree {Leitneria floridana}, a very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in the southeastern US having extremely light wood; -- called also the {corkwood tree}. (b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees {Ochroma lagopus} and {Pariti tiliaceum}. (2) The tree producing the aligator apple. (3) The blolly. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: corkwood n : very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood [syn: {corkwood tree}, {Leitneria floridana}]
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