close-grained wood
11sour|wood — «SOWR WUD», noun. 1. a tree of the heath family, native to the eastern United States, having a hard, close grained wood, dark, glossy leaves that turn bright scarlet in the fall, and spikes of small, white, egg shaped flowers; sorrel tree. 2. its …
12dev|il|wood — «DEHV uhl WUD», noun. a small evergreen tree of the olive family, having hard, close grained wood, of the southern United States …
13fine-grained — adjective 1. consisting of fine particles (Freq. 1) powdered cellulose powdery snow pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding • Syn: ↑powdered, ↑powdery, ↑pulverized, ↑ …
14fine-grained — adj. 1. consisting of fine particles. Syn: powdered, powdery, pulverized, small grained. [WordNet 1.5] 2. dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small diameter cells. Syn: close grained. [WordNet 1.5] 3. involving careful …
15san|dal|wood — «SAN duhl WUD», noun. 1. the fragrant heartwood of certain trees of Asia, especially the white sandalwood. It is a hard, close grained yellowish wood used for carving, making ornamental boxes and fans, and is also burned as incense. 2. any one of …
16beef|wood — «BEEF WUD», noun. 1. = casuarina. (Cf. ↑casuarina) 2. the close grained, reddish wood of the casuarina, used for ornamental woodwork and cabinets …
17SHITTIM WOOD — a hard, close grained acacia wood of an orange brown colour found in the Arabian Desert, and employed in constructing the Jewish Tabernacle …
18opossum wood — noun medium sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas • Syn: ↑silver bell tree, ↑silverbell tree, ↑snowdrop tree, ↑Halesia carolina, ↑Halesia tetraptera • Hypernyms: ↑silver bell * * * …
19Plants in the Bible — • Discusses all of the types of plants mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Plants in the Bible Plants in the Bible …
20bur oak — noun medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close grained wood • Syn: ↑burr oak, ↑mossy cup oak, ↑mossycup oak, ↑Quercus macrocarpa • Hypernyms:… …
