(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:45:00

Pad"dle*wood` (?), n. Bot.

The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks.

 

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