Tasmanian blackwood

plural Tasmanian blackwoods

1. A tree, Acacia melanoxylon, native to eastern Australia and Tasmania, or (especially) the dark wood of this tree.First known use 19th c.

   He led the way into a small bedroom with green skirting and mustard yellow panels carved from Tasmanian blackwood.

   2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 304

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   The four walls of the library's reading room are covered from the floor almost to the ceiling in Tasmanian-blackwood bookcases.

   2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 167

   Synonyms: Australian blackwood, blackwood