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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of several not closely related trees whose wood has an unpleasant smell, but especially Ocotea bullata, a south African tree yielding hard, heavy wood. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   The wood of such a tree. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From stink + wood.

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