Hypertext Webster Gateway: "leopardwood"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leopardwood \Leop"ard*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
See {Letterwood}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Letterwood \Let"ter*wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. (Bot.)
The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus
{Brosimum} ({B. Aubletii}), found in Guiana; -- so called
from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to
hieroglyphics; also called {snakewood}, and {leopardwood}. It
is much used for bows and for walking sticks.
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