Meaning of Blackwood | Babel Free

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1. Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
   countable, uncountable, usually
2. African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
   countable, uncountable, usually
3. Any of many places around the world.
4. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
5. A hamlet north-east of Loch Carron, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG9543).
6. A bidding convention in contract bridge, used to explore the partnership's possession of aces, kings and in some variants the queen of trumps, to judge more precisely whether slam is likely to be a good contract.
7. Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
   countable, uncountable, usually
8. An outer suburb west of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7274).
9. Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
   countable, uncountable, usually
10. A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7943).
11. logwood, bloodwood (Haematoxylum campechianum), a native to southern Mexico.
    countable, uncountable, usually
12. A town and community in Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1797).
13. The very dark wood of such trees.
    uncountable, usually
14. A number of places in the United States:
15. An unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia.
16. A census-designated place in Gloucester Township, Camden County, New Jersey.
17. An unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina.
18. An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia.
19. A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Mitcham, South Australia.
20. A village in the Shire of Moorabool, north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
21. An English and Scottish habitational surname derived from the placename.

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