Leadwood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A southern African tree with exceptionally hard and dense wood, Combretum imberbe

    "And then the nights in the camp, the meat strung up in the trees and the heavy leadwood logs burning as high as a house."

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"And then the nights in the camp, the meat strung up in the trees and the heavy leadwood logs burning as high as a house."

Etymology

From lead + wood.

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