#wood  the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
  supertype:  plant_material__plantmaterial  material derived from plants
  substance:  lignin
  substance of:  lumber
  subtype:  pine  straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
     subtype:  knotty_pine  pine lumber with many knots; used especially for paneling and furniture
     subtype:  white_pine.pine__whitepine  soft white wood of white pine trees
     subtype:  yellow_pine.pine__yellowpine  hard yellowish wood of a yellow pine
  subtype:  larch  wood of a larch tree
  subtype:  fir  nonresinous wood of a fir tree
     subtype:  douglas_fir.fir  strong durable timber of a douglas fir
  subtype:  cedar__cedarwood  durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests
     subtype:  red_cedar  fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees
        subtype:  pencil_cedar  wood of a pencil cedar tree; used for making pencils
     subtype:  Port_Orford_cedar  the wood of the Port Orford cedar tree
  subtype:  spruce.wood  light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
  subtype:  hemlock  soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock
  subtype:  cypress__cypres  wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
     subtype:  cypress_pine__cypresspine  any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of Australia and northern New Caledonia
        subtype:  Port_Jackson_pine__Callitris_cupressiformis  Australian cypress pine having globular cones
        subtype:  black_cypress_pine__blackcypresspine__red_cypress_pine__redcypresspine__Callitris_endlicheri__Callitris_calcarata  Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed; valued for its timber and resin
        subtype:  white_cypress_pine__whitecypresspine__Callitris_glaucophylla__Callitris_glauca  small tree or shrub of southern Australia
        subtype:  stringybark_pine__stringybarkpine__Callitris_parlatorei  Australian cypress pine with fibrous inner bark
     subtype:  juniper  coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones
        subtype:  pencil_cedar_tree__pencil_cedar  any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils
           subtype:  eastern_red_cedar__easternredcedar__red_cedar__red_juniper__redjuniper__Juniperus_virginiana  small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles
           subtype:  Bermuda_cedar__Juniperus_bermudiana  ornamental densely pyramidal juniper of Bermuda; fairly large for a juniper
           subtype:  east_African_cedar__Juniperus_procera  tropical African timber tree with fragrant wood
        subtype:  southern_red_cedar__Juniperus_silicicola  juniper of swampy coastal regions of southeastern United States; similar to eastern red cedar
        subtype:  savin__dwarf_juniper__dwarfjuniper__Juniperus_sabina  procumbent or spreading juniper
        subtype:  common_juniper__Juniperus_communis  densely branching shrub or small tree having pungent blue berries used to flavor gin; widespread in northern hemisphere; only conifer on coasts of Iceland and Greenland
        subtype:  dwarf_juniper__dwarfjuniper__ground_cedar__Juniperus_communis_depressa  a procumbent variety of the common juniper
        subtype:  creeping_juniper__Juniperus_horizontalis  low to prostrate shrub of Canada and northern United States; bronzed purple in winter
        subtype:  Mexican_juniper__drooping_juniper__Juniperus_flaccida  small tree of western Texas and mountains of Mexico having spreading branches with drooping branchlets
     subtype:  sequoia__redwood  either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
        subtype:  California_redwood__coast_redwood__coastredwood__Sequoia_sempervirens  lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur
        subtype:  giant_sequoia__giantsequoia__big_tree__bigtree__sierraredwood__Sequoiadendron_giganteum__Sequoia_gigantea__Sequoia_Wellingtonia  extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism
     subtype:  pond_bald_cypress__bald_cypress__swamp_cypress__southern_cypress__Taxodium_distichum  common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
     subtype:  pond_cypress__bald_cypress__Taxodium_ascendens  smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum
     subtype:  Montezuma_cypress__Mexican_swamp_cypress__Taxodium_mucronatum  cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands
        subtype:  ahuehuete  literally "old man of the water": a giant specimen of great age and girth at Santa Maria del Tule
     subtype:  sandarac_tree__sandarac__Tetraclinis_articulata__Callitris_quadrivalvis  large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes
  subtype:  redwood  the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees
  subtype:  sandarac__citronwood  durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of Cordova Cathedral)
  subtype:  kauri  white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis
  subtype:  yellowwood  yellow-colored wood of any of various yellowwood trees
  subtype:  yew.wood  wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
  subtype:  lancewood  durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools
  subtype:  true_tulipwood__tulipwood__whitewood__white_poplar__whitepoplar__yellowpoplar  light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
  subtype:  zebrawood  handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork
  subtype:  cocuswood__cocoswood__granadilla_wood  wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets
  subtype:  shittimwood  wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew tabernacle
  subtype:  sabicu_wood__sabicu  the wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany
  subtype:  bamboo.wood  the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
  subtype:  tulipwood  the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees
  subtype:  balsa_wood__balsawood__balsa  strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats
  subtype:  silver_quandong  pale easily worked timber from the quandong tree
  subtype:  obeche  the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering
  subtype:  basswood__linden  soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
  subtype:  beefwood.wood  any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork
  subtype:  briarwood__brierwood  wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes
  subtype:  beech__beechwood  wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles
  subtype:  chestnut.wood  wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
  subtype:  oak  the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
     subtype:  fumed_oak__fumedoak  oak given a weathered appearance by exposure to fumes of ammonia; used for cabinetwork
     subtype:  holm_oak  hard wood of the holm oak tree
  subtype:  birch  hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
  subtype:  alder  wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
  subtype:  hazel  the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
  subtype:  olive.wood  hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork
  subtype:  ash.wood  strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
  subtype:  ironwood  exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
  subtype:  walnut.wood  hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling
  subtype:  hickory.wood  valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
  subtype:  pecan.wood  wood of a pecan tree
  subtype:  pyinma  relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle; light reddish brown, smooth and lustrous
  subtype:  gumwood__gum  wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
     subtype:  satin_walnut__satinwalnut__sweetgum__hazelwood__red_gum__redgum  reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture
  subtype:  eucalyptus  wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber
  subtype:  tupelo  pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum
  subtype:  poon.wood  wood of any poon tree; used for masts and spars
  subtype:  red_lauan__redlauan  hard heavy red wood of the red lauan tree; often sold as Philippine mahogany
  subtype:  elm__elmwood  hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture
  subtype:  brazilwood  heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods
  subtype:  locust.wood  hardwood from any of various locust trees
  subtype:  logwood  very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
  subtype:  rosewood  hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork
     subtype:  amboyna__Andaman_redwood  mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus
  subtype:  kingwood  handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork
  subtype:  granadilla_wood  dark red hardwood derived from the cocobolo and used in making musical instruments e.g. clarinets
  subtype:  blackwood  very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees
  subtype:  Panama_redwood__quira  hard heavy red wood of a quira tree
  subtype:  ruby_wood__red_sandalwood__redsandalwood  hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork
  subtype:  black_locust__blacklocust  strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree; very resistant to decay
  subtype:  cherry.wood  wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
  subtype:  fruitwood  wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork
     subtype:  applewood  wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus
  subtype:  lemonwood  hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods
  subtype:  incense_wood__incensewood  fragrant wood of two incense trees of the genus Protium
  subtype:  mahogany  wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
     subtype:  Philippine_mahogany  red or pale-red hardwood of the Philippine mahogany tree used for cigar boxes and interior finish
     subtype:  cigar-box_cedar__cigarboxcedar  fragrant wood much used for cigar boxes
  subtype:  satinwood  hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools
  subtype:  orangewood  fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork
  subtype:  citronwood  wood of a citron tree
  subtype:  guaiac_wood__guaiacum_wood  heartwood of a palo santo; yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes
  subtype:  lignum_vitae__guaiac__guaiacum  hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
  subtype:  poplar  soft light-colored nondurable wood of the poplar
  subtype:  sandalwood  close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect-repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork
  subtype:  Turkish_boxwood__boxwood  very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box especially the common box; used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks
  subtype:  maple.wood  wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used esp for furniture and flooring
     subtype:  bird's-eye_maple  maple wood having a wavy grain with eyelike markings
  subtype:  sumac  wood of a sumac
  subtype:  ebony  hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
  subtype:  sycamore__lacewood  variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree
  subtype:  teak__teakwood  hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
  subtype:  dogwood  hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resemble boxwood
  subtype:  sapwood  newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction
  subtype:  heartwood__duramen  the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood
  subtype:  burl.wood  the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer
  subtype:  brushwood  the wood from bushes or small branches; "they built a fire of brushwood"
  subtype:  cabinet_wood__cabinetwood  moderately dense wood used for cabinetwork; "teak and other heavy cabinet wood"
  subtype:  driftwood  wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore
  subtype:  log  a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
     subtype:  saw_log  log large enough to be sawed into boards
  subtype:  matchwood.wood  wood suitable for making matchsticks
  subtype:  splinters__matchwood  wood in small pieces or splinters: "the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks"
  subtype:  sawdust  fine particles of wood made by sawing wood
  subtype:  wicker  slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork
  subtype:  dyewood  any wood from which dye is obtained
  subtype:  hardwood  the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)
  subtype:  softwood__deal  wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
     subtype:  pulpwood  softwood used to make paper
  subtype:  raw_wood__rawwood  wood that is not finished or painted
  subtype:  knot.wood  a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"

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