Touchwood vs. Torchwood

Material, such as decayed wood, that is used as tinder; punk.

Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Amyris, having resinous wood that burns with a torchlike flame.

Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.

The wood of any of these trees.

Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.

(uncountable) Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence or foxfire.

Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.

(uncountable) Wood used to make torches.

Material for starting a fire

(countable) A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.

Amyris balsamifera (balsam torchwood)

Amyris diatrypa (hairy torchwood)

Amyris elemifera (sea torchwood)

Amyris madrensis (mountain torchwood)

Amyris texana (Texas torchwood)

(countable) A type of cactus (Stenocereus heptagonus, syn. Cactus heptagonus).

Ixora brachiata

The inflammable wood of certain trees (Amyris balsamifera, Amyris Floridana, etc.); also, the trees themselves.