Look up: hardwood

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   hardwood
   A term describing broadleaf trees, usually deciduous, such as oaks, maples, cottonwood, ashes, and elms.
   Found on http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/news/aggloss.ht
   
   
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   Hardwood
   Wood from broad leafed trees.
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/sch
   
   
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   hardwood
   [adj] - made of the hard-to-cut wood of a broad-leaved tree, as e.g. oak 2. [n] - the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)
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   hardwood
   a conventional term used to denote the wood of broad-leaved trees and it has sometimes no relationship with the physical properties of hardness or strength Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • A conventional term for the wood of broadleaved trees,and the trees themselves,belonging to the botanical group Angiosperms(Dicotyledons). Category: Botany...
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   hardwood
   A botanical term for wood taken from a broad-leaved tree. Hardwoods are generally harder than softwoods, although not necessarily stronger, and include some of the finest furniture timbers such as mahogany, oak and walnut.
   Found on http://www.antique-crafts.co.uk/glossary
   
   
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   hardwood
   (from the article `building construction`) ...displacing the traditional wool and cotton. It can be easily maintained, and its soft visual and tactile texture, as well as its sound-absorbing ... ...other woody plants are of two categories: gymnosperms and angiosperms. Gymnosperms, or cone-bearing trees, produce softwoods, such as pine a...
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/16
   
   
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   Hardwood
   Wood derived from trees such as oak, beech, maple, mahogany, and walnut. Hardwood is common for use in furniture and finish carpentry, while soft woods such as pine and spruce are common in construction.
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   hardwood
   A general term for timber of broad leafed trees classified botanically as Angiosperm. The term has no reference to the relative hardness of the wood
   Found on http://oak.arch.utas.edu.au/glossary/vie
   
   
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   hardwood
   hardwood: see wood.
   Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09141