hardwood
The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
Example
“Balsa is a hardwood, but a soft hardwood.”
Other meanings
(in more general use) As the preceding, but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.
“Ash, hickory and oak are some of the most prominent domestic hardwoods.”
The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.
“This hardwood has been planted extensively throughout the hills here.”
A kind of
- wood
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hardwood” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.