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Meaning of "camwood" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAMWOOD

Perhaps from Temne.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CAMWOOD

ˈkæmˌwʊd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAMWOOD

noun
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Camwood is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAMWOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Baphia nitida

Baphia nitida, also known as African sandalwood, is a shrubby, hard-wooded African tree. Its wood is commonly used to make a red dye. The earliest dye wood was from West Africa. The source of the dye, which is soluble in alkali, is the bark and heart of the tree.Camwood is a red dye-wood imported from tropical West Africa, and obtained from Baphia nifida, a leguminous tree, of the suborder Caesalpinieae. This wood is of a very fine colour, and is used in turnery for making knife handles and other similar articles. The dye obtained from it is brilliant, but not permanent. It is called sometimes Bar-wood, though this name belongs also to another tree. Camwood is known as "osun" in Yoruba and is a key ingredient in Dudu Osun, a Nigerian brand of black soap. Pterocarpin is a pterocarpan found in B. nitida.

Definition of camwood in the English dictionary

The definition of camwood in the dictionary is a W African leguminous tree, Baphia nitida, whose hard wood was formerly used in making a red dye. Other definition of camwood is the wood of this tree.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAMWOOD

blackwood · Bollywood · Brentwood · elmwood · Fleetwood · Goodwood · greenwood · gumwood · hardwood · Hollywood · Isherwood · plywood · redwood · rosewood · Sherwood · Tollywood · underwood · Westwood · wildwood · wormwood

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAMWOOD

camporee · Campos · campout · campshirt · campus · campus police · Campus Stellae · campus university · campy · campylobacter · campylotropous · CAMRA · camshaft · camsho · camstairy · camstone · Camulodunum · Camus · camwhore · can

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAMWOOD

Atwood · briarwood · candlewood · cottonwood · deadwood · dogwood · Eastwood · firewood · from the wood · hazelwood · Heywood · kingwood · Kollywood · oakwood · out of the wood · pinewood · sandalwood · torchwood · Wedgwood · wood

Synonyms and antonyms of camwood in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «camwood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAMWOOD

Find out the translation of camwood to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of camwood from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «camwood» in English.
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camwood
1,325 millions of speakers
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camwood
570 millions of speakers
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camwood
510 millions of speakers
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camwood
380 millions of speakers
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camwood
280 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Russian

Камвуд
278 millions of speakers
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camwood
270 millions of speakers
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camwood
260 millions of speakers
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cam
220 millions of speakers
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Camwood
190 millions of speakers
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camwood
180 millions of speakers
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camwood
130 millions of speakers
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camwood
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Javanese

Camry
85 millions of speakers
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camwood
80 millions of speakers
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camwood
75 millions of speakers
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कॅमवुड
75 millions of speakers
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Afrika´daki bir ağacın sert ve kızıl kerestesi
70 millions of speakers
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camwood
65 millions of speakers
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Camwood
50 millions of speakers
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Камвуд
40 millions of speakers
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Camwood
30 millions of speakers
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camwood
15 millions of speakers
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camwood
14 millions of speakers
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camwood
10 millions of speakers
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camwood
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Trends of use of camwood

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAMWOOD»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of camwood
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about camwood

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAMWOOD»

Discover the use of camwood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to camwood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Camwood at Crossroads
Camwood” had applied not only because of its association with beauty but also because ofits mistaken identity, its capacity as an illusory dynamic, through felt instincts—just like, come to think of it, the power he felt from the work of that local  ...
Femi Euba, 2007
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BOYHOOD RITUALS IN AN AFRICAN SOCIETY (cl)
They dress in a raffia waist costume, ukpu ekwe (weave- raffia), dyed red with camwood, which they have made in the previous period; their helpers bring these to the enclosure (see Figure za). This has a new ekike protective charm on it, ...
Simon Ottenberg
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The art of dyeing all colors on raw cotton or cotton waste, ...
o CAMWOOD. Camwood. — The Tree whose wood is known to us by the name of Camwood, grows in the countries contiguous to the Bight of Benin, and is of a similar nature, in its chymical properties, to Bar- wood, already described.
Richard Gibson (Dyer.), 1861
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The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual
Larger models of unfired clay are decorated with beans, soot, chalk, and red camwood dye (p. 60). The red camwood powder "is the blood," Dr. Richards was informed (p. 66). It is rubbed on those who have passed through danger, such as  ...
Victor Witter Turner, 1967
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The African Repository and Colonial Journal
These inquiries «an readily be answered by merely stating, that during the greater part of Mr. Ashman's administration, the produce of the country, such as ivory, □camwood, rice, &c. were brought to our doors by the natives in great ...
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The African Repository
Account of Products exported from the port of Monrovia during the fiscal year ending 30th September, 1862. TO ENGLAND. 135,962 gallons of palm oil $32,704 02 52 tons of camwood 2,209 91 100 lbs. of ivory 60 00 2,008 gallons of syrup ...
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The Intestines of the State: Youth, Violence, and Belated ...
Red cloth was originally rare and valuable in Oku; it was produced by dyeing white cloth with camwood, an expensive item reserved for the prestige economy and imported from the forest zone to the south for ritual use. Camwood is used to  ...
Nicolas Argenti, 2008
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Postcolonial Identity in Wole Soyinka
There are many other examples, but the quintessential illustration of the need for a conceptual negation of the symbolic order of hegemony re- mains Camwood on the Leaves, which was first broadcast in March 1965 on the BBC World ...
Mpalive-Hangson Msiska, 2007
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A Concise History of the Commencement, Progress and Present ...
The articles received in exchange from the natives, are camwood, ivory, palm oil, gold dust, and various valu ible gums. These articles are again exchanged for new supplies of goods. The Liberian trader, forced to pay high prices for goods, ...
Samuel Wilkeson, 1839
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West African Studies
teak, Bar and Camwood and Ebony. Bar and Cam are dye-woods, and, before the Anilines came in these woods were in great request ; invaluable they were for giving the dull rich red to bandana handkerchiefs and the warm brown tints to ...
Mary Kingsley, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAMWOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term camwood is used in the context of the following news items.
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One week left until the end of Server 2003, but migration countdown …
According to Camwood's own research, Server 2003 has received one twentieth (5 per cent) of the coverage that surrounded the end of ... «ComputerworldUK, Jul 15»
2
Lincs: Results from the courts
Norman Charumbira, 51, of Camwood Crescent, Lincoln. Speeding. Fined £55, £20 victim surcharge, £85 costs and licence endorsed with ... «Gainsborough Standard, Jun 15»
3
First bricks laid in Birchwood bungalow scheme
The scheme has begun with the first five bungalows in Eastleigh Close, and will also include eight bungalows on two sites off Camwood ... «Premier Construction Magazine, Jun 15»
4
Windows Server 2003 Goes EOL
Ade Foxall, CEO of London-based application performance management vendor Camwood, describes Server 2003 end of life as “the biggest ... «CIO, Jun 15»
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The IT channel's top sibling duos
Both held management posts at reseller GE Capital Solutions in the late 1990s and both are now affiliated with consulting firm Camwood, with ... «CRN - UK, Jun 15»
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In the courts of Lincolnshire...
Scott Adam Roberts,26, of 48 Camwood Crescent, Lincoln, was found guilty for failing to give information relating to the identification of the ... «Lincolnshire Echo, Jun 15»
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Camwood Corporation to invest 16 billion FCFA in wood processing …
(Business in Cameroon) - Camwood Corporation has just indicated its eligibility to benefit from incentive legislation on private investment in ... «Business in Cameroon, Jun 15»
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IBM and UK government plug £313m into big data and cognitive …
... One week left until the end of Server 2003, but migration countdown lacks XP 'buzz' Camwood CEO Adrian Foxall discusses why businesses ... «ComputerworldUK, Jun 15»
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KPMG warns cyber-security certs are just "one piece of the puzzle …
... countdown lacks XP 'buzz'. Camwood CEO Adrian Foxall discusses why businesses need to migrate away from Server 2003 - and quickly ... «ComputerworldUK, Jun 15»
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Apache Cordova fixes flaw that could cause apps to crash
... countdown lacks XP 'buzz'. Camwood CEO Adrian Foxall discusses why businesses need to migrate away from Server 2003 - and quickly ... «ComputerworldUK, May 15»
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