trincomali wood

noun

trin·​co·​ma·​li wood

variants or trincomalee wood

¦triŋkōmə¦lē-

often capitalized T

1

: a tropical Asiatic timber tree (Berrya ammonilla) of the family Tiliaceae with hard dark wood

2

: the wood of the trincomali wood tree

Word History

Etymology

from Trincomali, Trincomalee, seaport in Ceylon

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