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corkwood

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corkwood: see bombax bombax , common name for the Bombacaceae, a family of deciduous trees, often tall and with unusually thick trunks, found chiefly in the American tropics. The family includes many commercially important members, e.g.
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balsa, corkwood
The lightest of all woods, with density of about 7 to 10 lb per cu ft (110 to 160 kg per cu m); used for the core of lightweight sandwich panels, models, etc.


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Letters were sent inviting property owners and residents in the two-block area - along Cedar and Corkwood avenues between Avenues H-8 and H-12 - to attend the meeting.
In the West Indies, balsa is known as West Indian corkwood.
 
 
 
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