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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1†n.
any of several poplars, as Balm of Gilead and white poplar.
Quotations
1760
White-wood, a species of the poplar which grows among maples, and the bitter cherry tree, are very plentiful.
1860
Portage la Prairie was once famous for white wood, but now it would be with the greatest difficulty that a sufficient quantity of logs could be obtained to give even one hundred sound boards.
1905
As an ungent for scratches and sores, they [the Indians] know the value of a decoction of the gum-laden buds of the whitewood, or "Balm of Gilead poplar," mixed with deer fat in proper proportion.
2n.
the North American lime or linden tree, Tilia americana.
See: basswood
Quotations
1852
. . . white-wood, or bass-wood, is a familiar ornamental and useful tree in the United States and Canada.
1956
Basswood [is also called] whitewood.
3n. — West Coast
See quote.
Quotations
1965
The latest mission from Canada to the U.K. was that on western white spruce [Picea glauca]. The demand for whitewood has sparked off a greater interest in this species from the B.C. Interior.