wetwood

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noun

Wood with a darkened or wet appearance resulting from abnormally high water content or a bacterial infection.

OriginOld English wǣt →
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Meanings

wetwood1

noun
  1. biologyWood with a darkened or wet appearance resulting from abnormally high water content or a bacterial infection.

    Even though considerable data may show that a species in class 1 is not susceptible to wetwood formation, it may be important to continue looking for exceptions.

    1980, J. C. Ward, Wetwood in trees: a timber resource problem, page 8

Wetwood2

proper nounWetwood (plural Wetwoods)

plural Wetwoods · alternative Watwood

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

wetwood · noun

From wet + wood.

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Wetwood · proper noun

  1. Old Englishwǣt“wet”
  2. EnglishWetwood

Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, from Old English wǣt (“wet”) + wudu (“wood”).

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APA

wetwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wetwood

MLA

“wetwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wetwood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wetwood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wetwood.

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