Home › Words › S › spoonwoodspoonwoodspoonwood means kalmia latifolia, the mountain laurel.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, spoonwood ranks #14,873 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom spoon + wood.nounKalmia latifolia, the mountain laurel.Trichilia havanensis, a Caribbean softwood.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.wicky 60% match — Sheep laurel, a shrub of species Kalmia angustifolia. vs spoonwood →elkwood 56% match — The soft, spongy wood of Magnolia grandiflora or related species. vs spoonwood →moosewood 56% match — Striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) vs spoonwood →rabbitwood 55% match — Pyrularia pubera, a shrub in the sandalwood family. vs spoonwood →laurophyll 54% match — Having broad, glossy leaves characteristic of the laurel. vs spoonwood →spicewood 54% match — Any plant of the genus Lindera. vs spoonwood →spoolwood 53% match — The wood of the paper birch (Betula papyrifera). vs spoonwood →salal 53% match — A leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible sepals and leaves. vs spoonwood →