candlewood

noun

any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light

• Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush

• Hyponyms:

↑ocotillo, ↑coachwhip, ↑Jacob's staff, ↑vine cactus, ↑Fouquieria splendens, ↑boojum tree, ↑cirio, ↑Fouquieria columnaris, ↑Idria columnaris

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

Etymology: so called from its use for illumination

1. : any of several trees or shrubs chiefly of resinous character: as

a. : a plant of the genus Fouquieria; especially : ocotillo 1

b. : a torchwood (Amyris balsamifera)

c. : a So. American tree (Diporidium guianense)

d. : a So. American shrub (Panax capitatum)

e. : a West Indian tree (Dacryodes excelsa) of the family Burseraceae yielding a fine lustrous brown wood

2. : slivers and fine pieces of resinous wood burned for light

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/kan"dl wood'/, n.

1. any resinous wood used for torches or as a substitute for candles.

2. any of various trees or shrubs yielding such wood.

[1625-35, Amer.; CANDLE + WOOD¹; so called because it burns brightly]

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canˈdlewood noun

The wood of various West Indian and Mexican resinous trees

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Main Entry: ↑candle