whitewood

whitewood
/hwuyt"wood', wuyt"-/, n.
1. any of numerous trees, as the tulip tree or the linden, yielding a white or light-colored wood.
2. the wood of these trees.
3. a cottonwood of the genus Populus.
[1655-65; WHITE + WOOD1]

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