Rating | Solver | Clue |
---|---|---|
ASH | Durable wood | |
CEDAR | Durable wood | |
TEAK | Durable wood | |
OAK | A durable wood | |
MYALL WOOD | A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree Acacia homolophylla. | |
KAKARALLI | A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt water, because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and barnacle. | |
EBONY | A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green. | |
FUSTET | The wood of the Rhus Cptinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of Southern Europe, which yields a fine orange color, which, however, is not durable without a mordant. | |
PURPLEHEART | A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (C. pu... |