muskwood

noun

1

a

: a usually small to medium-sized widely distributed tropical American musky-odored tree (Guarea trichilioides)

b

: the reddish brown rather light straight-grained wood of this tree used especially formerly in the West Indies as a substitute for mahogany

2

a

: a musk tree (Olearia argophylla)

b

: the hard white wood of the musk tree used for cabinetwork

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