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fiddlewood
[ fid-l-wood ]
noun
- the heavy, hard, durable wood of various West Indian and other trees.
- any of these trees, especially species of the genera Citharexylum and Vitex.
fiddlewood
/ ˈɪəˌʊ /
noun
- any of various tropical American verbenaceous trees of the genus Citharexylum and related genera
- the hard durable wood of any of these trees
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fiddlewood1
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The first task was to clear away a thick mat of invasive trees, including haole koa, octopus trees and fiddlewood.
From
Savann′a-flow′er, a genus of the milk-weed family, West Indies; Savann′a-sparr′ow, the sparrow common through North America; Savann′a-watt′le, a name of certain West Indian trees, also called Fiddlewood.
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