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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   Any of these trees. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From fiddle + wood, a corruption of French bois-fidèle (“faithful wood”), so called from its durability.

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