English[edit]
sea torchwood (Amyris elemifera)
Etymology[edit]
From torch + wood.
Pronunciation[edit]
torchwood (countable and uncountable, plural torchwoods)
- (uncountable) Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence or foxfire.
- Synonym: (one sense) foxfire
- (uncountable) Wood used to make torches.
- (countable) A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.
- Amyris balsamifera (balsam torchwood)
- Amyris diatrypa (hairy torchwood)
- Amyris elemifera (sea torchwood)
- Amyris madrensis (mountain torchwood)
- Amyris texana (Texas torchwood)
- (countable) A type of cactus (Stenocereus heptagonus, syn. Cactus heptagonus).
- Ixora brachiata
Translations[edit]
wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence
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wood used to make torches
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Amyris spp.
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Stenocereus heptagonus
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Ixora brachiata
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