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hardwood definition

hard·wood (härd′wo̵od′)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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