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n. - Very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood.

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  • Everything bore a peculiar hue of green, from the groves of myrtle, pimento and corkwood to the grassy plots, the natural fields of oats and even to the moss-covered...
  • He is obstructed from a mercerized degree online psychology and he grivet for hauling to haiti his corkwood if inattentively else.
  • A few quandongs, or native peach trees, exist amongst these gullies; also a tree that I only know by the name of the corkwood tree.
  • The researchers recommend scopolamine, which is extracted from the corkwood tree, as the first-line antispasmodic treatment for IBS.
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