Stinkwood is the common name for a number of trees or shrubs which have wood with an unpleasant odour, including: ...
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• (n.) A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the Foetidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata.
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Stink'wood` noun (Botany) A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the
Fœtidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African
Ocotea bullata .
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Stinkwood (Foetidia mauritiana) is an evergreen tree of the natural order Myrtaceae native to the Mauritius and Madagascar. It grows to a height of ten metres and has a tough, bitter, and astringent bark. The ;eaves are alternate and oval in shape. The flowers are solitary and without petals, and are succeeded by four-sided nuts.
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Any of various trees with unpleasant-smelling wood. The South African tree
O. bullata has offensive-smelling wood when newly felled, but fine, durable timber used for furniture. Another stinkwood is
G. augusta from tropical America. (Genera
Ocotea, family Lauraceae;
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any of several trees yielding fetid wood. · the wood of any of these trees.
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