HyperDic: lightwood

English > 1 sense of the word *lightwood*:
NOUN	plant	lightwood, Acacia melanoxylon	tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber

English > *lightwood*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber.
Synonym	Acacia melanoxylon
Member of	genus Acacia	large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia
Broader	blackwood, blackwood tree	Any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood