leadwood

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounleadwood (plural leadwoods)

plural leadwoods

  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.

    1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 353

Origin

From lead + wood.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

dealwood
Cite this entry
APA

leadwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leadwood

MLA

“leadwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leadwood. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leadwood,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leadwood.

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