Candlewood
any resinous wood used for torches or as a substitute for candles.
any of various trees or shrubs yielding such wood.
Historical Examples
The Trail-Hunter Gustave Aimard
Trees Worth Knowing Julia Ellen Rogers
The Trapper’s Daughter Gustave Aimard
The Old Furniture Book N. Hudson Moore
Snnica Vicente Blasco Ibez
Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings Mary H. Northend
The Prairie Flower Gustave Aimard
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 Hubert Howe Bancroft
The Trapper’s Daughter Gustave Aimard
The Missing Ship W. H. G. Kingston
noun
the resinous wood of any of several trees, used for torches and candle substitutes
any tree or shrub, such as ocotillo, that produces this wood
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