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pearwood
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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- The wood of the pear tree, Pyrus communis.
- Chiefly with distinguishing word: the wood of any of several African trees, especially (in full "African pearwood") that of Manilkara obovata and Minus djave (both family Sapotaceae).
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Origin
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mid 18th century; earliest use found in Nathan Bailey (d. 1742), lexicographer and schoolmaster. From pear + wood
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