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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.
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Torchwood

(uncountable) Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence or foxfire.

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.
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Torchwood

Amyris balsamifera (balsam torchwood)

Torchwood

Amyris diatrypa (hairy torchwood)

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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