Any of a number of trees that yield timber with an unpleasant odour.
臭木，尤指
a New Zealand tree (Coprosoma foetidissima, family Rubiaceae).
('black stinkwood') a South African tree (Ocotea bullata, family Lauraceae).
Example sentencesExamples
Nowadays, more indigenous trees - stinkwoods, cottons and wild olives - are being planted, and the balance of exotics and indigenous is more or less equal.
He plants one of the white stinkwood trees on Hans Strijdom Drive in Randburg
The white stinkwood trees are in bud at the moment, and the wild sage shrub is about to burst into bloom - you'll know them from their heady scent.
Besides the olive grove, there's a row of leopard trees, and large, creative pots of indigenous plants - buddleias and clivias, and 40 white stinkwood trees have been planted around the outside of the complex.
Two of my favourite indigenous trees for bonsai are the white stinkwood and the red stemmed corkwood or paperbark.
A white stinkwood tree was planted in Ivory Park, near Midrand, on Friday 17 October as a symbol of prosperity in the global fight against poverty.
It has quite big leaves that look a little bit like those of the white stinkwood.
Definition of stinkwood in US English:
stinkwood
nounˈstiNGkwo͝od
Any of a number of trees that yield timber with an unpleasant odor.
臭木，尤指
('black stinkwood') a South African tree (Ocotea bullata, family Lauraceae)
a New Zealand tree (Coprosoma foetidissima, family Rubiaceae)
Example sentencesExamples
It has quite big leaves that look a little bit like those of the white stinkwood.
Besides the olive grove, there's a row of leopard trees, and large, creative pots of indigenous plants - buddleias and clivias, and 40 white stinkwood trees have been planted around the outside of the complex.
The white stinkwood trees are in bud at the moment, and the wild sage shrub is about to burst into bloom - you'll know them from their heady scent.
Nowadays, more indigenous trees - stinkwoods, cottons and wild olives - are being planted, and the balance of exotics and indigenous is more or less equal.
He plants one of the white stinkwood trees on Hans Strijdom Drive in Randburg
Two of my favourite indigenous trees for bonsai are the white stinkwood and the red stemmed corkwood or paperbark.
A white stinkwood tree was planted in Ivory Park, near Midrand, on Friday 17 October as a symbol of prosperity in the global fight against poverty.