musclewood

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musclewood

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From muscle (“from the sinewy appearance of the trunk and branches”) + wood.

noun musclewoods

  1. countable, uncountable Carpinus caroliniana, a deciduous tree of eastern North America.
  2. uncountable The wood of this tree.

Similar: American hornbeam, blue beech, ironwood

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@misc{musclewood_2026,
  title = {musclewood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/musclewood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}