close-grained wood
41bur oak — noun Date: 1815 a usually large oak (Quercus macrocarpa) of eastern North America having oval acorns enclosed in a fringed cap and tough close grained wood …
42maple — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mapul ; akin to Old Norse mǫpurr maple Date: 14th century any of a genus (Acer of the family Aceraceae, the maple family) of chiefly deciduous trees or shrubs with opposite leaves and a fruit of… …
43sugar maple — noun Date: 1731 1. a maple (Acer saccharum) of eastern North America with 3 to 5 lobed leaves, hard close grained wood much used for cabinetwork, and sap that is the chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar called also rock maple, hard maple 2 …
44birch — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English beorc; akin to Old High German birka birch, Old English beorht bright, and probably to Latin fraxinus ash tree more at bright Date: before 12th century 1. any of a genus (Betula of the family… …
45Heteromeles arbutifolia — Taxobox name = Toyon image width = 240px image caption = Habitus regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida subclassis = Rosidae unranked ordo = Eurosids I ordo = Rosales familia = Rosaceae subfamilia = Maloideae genus =… …
46rockmaple — rock maple n. 1. See sugar maple. 2. The tough, close grained wood of the sugar maple. * * * …
47incense cedar — 1. any of several coniferous trees of the genus Libocedrus (or Calocedrus), esp. L. decurrens, of the western U.S., growing to a height of 150 ft. (50 m). 2. the aromatic, close grained wood of this tree, used to make pencils, chests, closet… …
48sweet birch — a North American tree, Betula lenta, having smooth, blackish bark and twigs that are a source of methyl salicylate. Also called black birch, cherry birch. [1775 85, Amer.] * * * ▪ tree also called black birch , cherry birch , and red birch … …
49Hamamelidaceae — ▪ plant family the witch hazel family of the order Saxifragales, comprising 23 genera of shrubs and trees native to both tropical and warm temperate regions. It includes mildly popular ornamentals such as witch hazel, winter hazel, and… …
50boxwood — noun a) The box tree, Buxus sempervivens b) The hard, close grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays …
