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dense or compact in structure or texture as a wood composed of small diameter cells...
Dahoon
An evergreen shrub or small tree Ilex cassine of the southern United States bearing red drupes and having soft white close grained wood called also dahoon holly...
Hackmatack
The American larch Larix Americana a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves also its heavy close grained timber Called also tamarack...
Mustaiba
A close grained heavy wood of a brownish color brought from Brazil and used in turning for making the handles of tools and the like...
VerbarSal
An East Indian timber tree Shorea robusta much used for building purposes It is of a light brown color close grained heavy and durable...
Caryopsis
A one celled dry indehiscent fruit with a thin membranous pericarp adhering closely to the seed so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body forming a single grain as of wheat barley etc...
Rye
A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass Secale cereale closely allied to wheat also the plant itself Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man...
Jack
A large tree the Artocarpus integrifolia common in the East Indies closely allied to the breadfruit from which it differs in having its leaves entire The fruit is of great size weighing from thirty to forty pounds and through its soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds which are roasted and eaten The wood is of a yellow color fine grain and rather heavy and is much used in cabinetwork It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow...
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