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family Burseraceae — noun resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees • Syn: ↑Burseraceae, ↑torchwood family • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Geraniales, ↑order Geraniales … Useful english dictionary
Torchwood: Miracle Day — Title card for the Miracle Day series Country of origin United Kingdom United States … Wikipedia
torchwood — ☆ torchwood [tôrch′wood΄ ] n. 1. any of a number of trees with resinous wood from which torches can be made 2. any of a genus (Amyris) of tropical American trees and shrubs of the rue family, having hard, resinous wood 3. the wood of any of these … English World dictionary
Torchwood — For plants known as torchwood, see Amyris. For the fictional institute, see Torchwood Institute. Torchwood Series 1 2 title card Format … Wikipedia
torchwood — /tawrch wood /, n. 1. any of various resinous woods suitable for making torches, as the wood of the tree Amyris balsamifera, of the rue family, native to Florida and the West Indies. 2. any of the trees yielding these woods. [1595 1605; TORCH1 +… … Universalium
torchwood — noun Date: 1833 1. any of a genus (Amyris) of tropical American trees and shrubs of the rue family with hard heavy fragrant resinous streaky yellowish brown wood 2. the wood of a torchwood … New Collegiate Dictionary
torchwood — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a notably resinous or oily wood (as from the butt of some pines) suitable for burning as a torch 2. a. : any of several tropical American trees and shrubs constituting a genus (Amyris) that is usually placed in the family… … Useful english dictionary
torchwood — torch•wood [[t]ˈtɔrtʃˌwʊd[/t]] n. 1) pln any of various resinous woods suitable for making torches 2) pln any of various trees yielding such wood, esp. certain tropical American trees of the genus Amyris, rue family • Etymology: 1595–1605 … From formal English to slang
rosid dicot family — noun a family of dicotyledonous plants • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Hyponyms: ↑Connaraceae, ↑family Connaraceae, ↑zebrawood family, ↑Leguminosae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Andy Davidson (Torchwood) — Torchwood character Sergeant Andy Davidson Affiliated South Wales Police Gwen Cooper Home era … Wikipedia
