Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small tree or shrub, Condalia obovata, of the natural order Rhamnaceæ, found in Texas and westward, often forming dense chaparral or thickets.
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Examples
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General vegetation types include some mesquitelive oak-bluewood parks in the north, and mesquite-granjeno parks in the south.
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Part of that was answered when Trin, with obsequious excitement, presented her with a shallow rectangular box of highly polished and unusually ornamented bluewood.
The Coelura McCaffrey, Anne 1983
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Within the bluewood lay coelura fabric, palely quiescent until she touched the folds
The Coelura McCaffrey, Anne 1983
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The highest specific gravity, upon which in general depends value as fuel, is attained by the bluewood of Texas _ (Condalia obovata_).
Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 Various
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When the Boolooroo's people were armed with long, thin, lances of bluewood all sharpened to fine points at one end, they prepared to march once more against the invaders.
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The frames were split into small pieces of bluewood and the benches chopped into kindling and the immense sharp knife broken into bits.
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The furnishings were of the utmost splendor, blue-gold and blue gems being profusely used in the decorations, while the divans and chairs were of richly carved bluewood upholstered in blue satins and silks.
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