Dyewood
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dyewood is a noun meaning Any wood (including bark) from which colouring matter is extracted for dyeing.
Meaning
Any wood (including bark) from which colouring matter is extracted for dyeing.
More Meanings
- A tree from which such wood is harvested.
Example Sentences
Cochineal was cultivated in individual households, indigo was common, and several dyewoods were indigenous.
He would take with him red brasilwood from the East Indies – a dye-wood that was so valued that when a few years later the Portuguese found it in the New World, they would name a country after it.
Word Forms
- dyewoods
- dye-wood
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dyewater, dyeworks, dyework, dyestuff, dyebath, dyehouse.
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