What does corkwood mean?we found 2 entries for the meaning of corkwood
 

Corkwood \Cork"wood`\ (k[^o]rk"w[oo^]d`), n.

1. The wood of the cork oak. [Obs.]

2. Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky wood; esp.:
   (a) In the United States, the tree Leitneria floridana.
   (b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees Ochroma lagopus and Pariti tiliaceum. (2) The tree producing the aligator apple. (3) The blolly.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Porkwood \Pork"wood`\, n. (Bot.) The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree (Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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