Touchwood vs. Torchwood

Touchwood and Torchwood Definitions
Touchwood
Material, such as decayed wood, that is used as tinder; punk.
Torchwood
Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Amyris, having resinous wood that burns with a torchlike flame.
Touchwood
Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.
Torchwood
The wood of any of these trees.
Touchwood
Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.
Torchwood
(uncountable) Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence or foxfire.
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Touchwood
Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.
Torchwood
(uncountable) Wood used to make torches.
Touchwood
Material for starting a fire
Torchwood
(countable) A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.
Torchwood
Amyris balsamifera (balsam torchwood)
Torchwood
Amyris diatrypa (hairy torchwood)
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Torchwood
Amyris elemifera (sea torchwood)
Torchwood
Amyris madrensis (mountain torchwood)
Torchwood
Amyris texana (Texas torchwood)
Torchwood
(countable) A type of cactus (Stenocereus heptagonus, syn. Cactus heptagonus).
Torchwood
Ixora brachiata
Torchwood
The inflammable wood of certain trees (Amyris balsamifera, Amyris Floridana, etc.); also, the trees themselves.
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