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arrow wood — noun 1. closely related to southern arrow wood; grows in the eastern United States from Maine to Ohio and Georgia • Syn: ↑Viburnum recognitum • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Viburnum, ↑genus Viburnum … Useful english dictionary
arrow-wood — ar·row wood (ărʹō wo͝od ) n. Any of several North American species of viburnum, such as Viburnum dentatum, having straight, tough stems formerly used by certain Native American peoples to make arrows. * * * … Universalium
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southern arrow wood — noun deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows • Syn: ↑arrow wood, ↑Viburnum dentatum • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Viburnum, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
wood — ag·al·wood; ag·i·la·wood; al·oes·wood; al·oe·wood; arrow·wood; bay·wood; black·wood; body·wood; bra·zil·wood; bum·wood; burk·wood; cam·wood; chemi·ground·wood; co·cus·wood; hea·zle·wood·ite; hol·ly·wood·ish; hol·ly·wood·ite; hol·ly·wood·ize;… … English syllables
Arrow — An arrow is a pointed projectile that is shot with a bow. It predates recorded history and is common to most cultures. Structure A normal arrow consists of a shaft with an arrowhead attached to the front end, with fletchings and a nock at the… … Wikipedia
Arrow Lakes — The Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada, divided into Upper Arrow Lake and Lower Arrow Lake, are widenings of the Columbia River. The lakes are situated between the Selkirk Mountains to the east and the Monashee Mountains to the west.… … Wikipedia
Wood economy — The existence of a wood economy, or more correctly, a forest economy (since in many countries a bamboo economy predominates), is a prominent matter in many developing countries as well as in many other nations with temperate climate and… … Wikipedia
arrow — /ˈæroʊ / (say aroh) noun 1. a slender, straight, generally pointed, missile weapon made to be shot from a bow. The shaft is nearly always made of light wood, fitted with feathers at the neck end to help guide it. 2. anything resembling an arrow… …
arrow — ar|row [ˈærəu US ˈærou] n ↑arrow, ↑bow [: Old English; Origin: arwe] 1.) a weapon usually made from a thin straight piece of wood with a sharp point at one end, that you shoot with a ↑bow 2.) a sign in the shape of an arrow, used to show… … Dictionary of contemporary English
