cork·wood (kôrk

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n.► A deciduous shrub or small tree
(Leitneria floridana) native to wet regions of the southeast United States and having soft lightweight wood.
► See
balsa.
► Any of certain Australian shrubs or small trees of the genus
Duboisia having leaves used for the commercial extraction of belladonna alkaloids.
[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲