torchwood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence or foxfire.
Wood used to make torches.
A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.
Amyris balsamifera (balsam torchwood)
Amyris diatrypa (hairy torchwood)
Amyris elemifera (sea torchwood)
Amyris madrensis (mountain torchwood)
Amyris texana (Texas torchwood)
A type of cactus (Stenocereus heptagonus, syn. Cactus heptagonus).
Ixora brachiata

/ˈtɔːtʃwʊd/ /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃˌwʊd/

torchwood torchwoods

From torch + wood.

foxfire

Esperanto: amirido French: bois-chandelle

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