hardwood

(härdwo̵od′)

noun

  1. any tough, heavy timber with a compact texture
  2. Forestry the wood of an angiosperm possessing true vessels, in contrast to the softwood of a gymnosperm, which lacks vessels
  3. a tree yielding hardwood

See hardwood in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The wood of a dicotyledonous tree.
  2. A dicotyledonous tree.

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