fatwood

Etymology

From fat + wood.

fatwood means A heartwood of pine trees, impregnated with resin, useful in the manufacture of pitch and pine tar. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

A heartwood of pine trees, impregnated with resin, useful in the manufacture of pitch and pine tar.“He stacked split pieces of well-seasoned, thoroughly dry oak, and started a fire using some newspaper and fatwood, a resinous pinewood that flames easily.”