fatwood

fatwood
noun Date: 1904 chiefly Southern lightwood

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • lightwood — /luyt wood , ood/, n. Southern U.S. 1. Also called fatwood. kindling. 2. resinous pine wood used for kindling. [1675 85; LIGHT1 + WOOD1] * * * …   Universalium

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