Definition of Dyewood

1. Noun. Any wood from which dye is obtained.

Generic synonyms: Wood

Definition of Dyewood

1. n. Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing.

Definition of Dyewood

1. Noun. brazilwood ¹

2. Noun. Any wood from which colouring matter is extracted for dyeing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dyewood

1. a wood from which a dye is extracted [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dyewood

1. Any wood from which colouring matter is extracted for dyeing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dyewood

dyer's weed
dyer's woad
dyer's woodruff
dyeries
dyers
dyers' chamomile
dyery
dyes
dyester
dyesters
dyestuff
dyestuffs
dyeth
dyeweed
dyeweeds
dyewood (current term)
dyewoods
dygogram
dygograms
dyin'
dying
dying(a)
dying(p)
dying declaration
dying on the vine
dyingly
dyingness
dyings

Literary usage of Dyewood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"Soon afterwards he became associated with the New York & Boston dyewood Co., ... When the American dyewood Co. was organized in 1905, his father retired ..."

2. Annual Chemical Directory of the United States by Benjamin Franklin Lovelace (1918)
"Extracts, Osage Orange NY, Glen Falls Imperial Color Works, Inc. Imperial dyewood Co. NY, New York City Marden, Orth & Hastings Co., 61 Broadway and 11th ..."

3. The Crafts Family: A Genealogical and Biographical History of the by James Monroe Crafts, William Francis Crafts (1893)
"(now the NY and Boston dyewood Co.), and is also a partner in the firm of John S. ... (Lt.) of Baltimore, Md., mfrs. of dyewood extracts. They have six ch., ..."

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