crabwood

[ krab-wood ]

noun

1. carapa.

crabwood

/ ˈkræbˌwʊd /

noun

1. a tropical American meliaceous tree, Carapa guianensis
2. the wood of this tree, used for construction

Word History and Origins

Origin of crabwood¹

First recorded in 1840–50; crab ² + wood ¹

Example Sentences

The vast forests afford an almost inexhaustible supply of valuable timbers; greenheart and mora, largely used in shipbuilding and for wharves and dock and lock gates; silverbally, yielding magnificent planks for all kinds of boats; and cabinet woods, such as cedar and crabwood.

From Project Gutenberg

Then man came with ax and saw and fire and one by one the great giants were felled—mora, greenheart, crabwood—each crashing its way to earth after centuries of upward growth.

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In a few moments the first would be killed, the second dashed in pieces. p. 57The Indians have a path alongside of it, through the forest, where prodigious crabwood trees grow. 

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The Indians have a path alongside of it, through the forest, where prodigious crabwood trees grow.

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