torchwood
/ˈtɔːtʃwʊd/
Etymology
From torch + wood.
torchwood means wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence or foxfire. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
noun
- Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence or foxfire.
- Wood used to make torches.
- A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.; Amyris balsamifera (balsam torchwood)
- A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.; Amyris diatrypa (hairy torchwood)
- A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.; Amyris elemifera (sea torchwood)
- A tree yielding wood suitable for making torches, especially a tree of the genus Amyris.; Amyris madrensis (mountain torchwood)