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blackwood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blackwood tree |
| Type of | tree |
| Has types | avicennia marina, black mangrove, acacia melanoxylon, haematoxylum campechianum, lightwood, logwood, logwood tree, bloodwood tree, campeachy |
blackwood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | wood |
Examples of blackwood
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My favourite souvenir is an 18cm Makonde blackwood sculpture of an African woman.
From the guardian.co.uk
Blackwood also said Baumgartner abused his position of authority by securing pills.
From the tennessean.com
Blackwood does not remain long in that condition however, and is quickly resurrected.
From the scienceblogs.com
Blackwood is the neglected master of the Edwardian ghost story renaissance.
From the guardian.co.uk
We use Tasmanian oak and Tasmanian blackwood, which gives us blonde and dark options.
From the themercury.com.au
Blackwood and Freud eventually married but that marriage did not last long.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Blackwood, left, has joined the obstetrics and gynecological practice.
From the newsday.com
Blackwood says the business at his Rockford shop is up about 10 percent over last March.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Blackwood walks into Parliament and announces that soon all but his supporters will die.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees
- Blackwood is a 1976 Canadian short documentary film about Canadian artist David Blackwood, directed by Tony Ianzelo and Andy Thomson. Narration is provided by Gordon Pinsent. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
- Blackwood is a locational surname of Scottish origin meaning "black wood". Spelling variations include: Blackwood, Blackwode, Blakewood, Blaikwood and many more. First found in Ayrshire, but one of the first recorded to the family name was William de Blackwood in 1327 in Stirlingshire.
- Blackwood is a Scottish distiller founded in July 2002 with the aim of building Shetland's first Scotch whisky distillery. In May 2008, the company went into administration, but a new company, Catfirth Ltd, was established to continue the business.
- (Blackwoods (film)) Blackwoods is a 2002 psychological thriller film, directed by Uwe Boll, making it his sixth feature length film and his second film in English, and starring Patrick Muldoon and Clint Howard. It is set in the titular Blackwoods.
- Acacia melanoxylon, a very common tree of eastern Australia, grows to 10m, everywhere other than at high altitudes. The fine, hard wood of this wattle was used by some Victorian Aboriginals for making spear-throwers, boomerangs, clubs and shields. ...
