cherrywood

See also: cherry wood

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Etymology

From cherry +‎ wood.

Noun

cherrywood (uncountable)

  1. A hardwood obtained from the cherry tree, valued for use in furniture and other woodworking applications.
    • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 96:
      He was smoking a cherry-wood pipe, and looked on the whole as if he had borrowed his outfit from the wardrobe of a third-rate dramatic company.

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