FIDDLE-WOOD
\fˈɪdə͡lwˈʊd], \fˈɪdəlwˈʊd], \f_ˈɪ_d_əl_w_ˈʊ_d]\
Definitions of FIDDLE-WOOD
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The common name of a genus of trees or shrubs with some twenty species, natives of tropical America, nat. order Verbenaceae. Some of the species are ornamental timber trees; several yield a hard wood valuable for carpenter work.
By Daniel Lyons
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