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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cork·wood n.
 1. The wood of the cork oak. [Obs.]
 2.  Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky wood; esp.: (a) In the United States, the tree Leitneria floridana, a very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in the southeastern US having extremely light wood; -- called also the corkwood tree. (b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees Ochroma lagopus and Pariti tiliaceum.  (2) The tree producing the aligator apple. (3) The blolly.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 corkwood tree
      n : very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp
          habitats in southeastern United States having extremely
          light wood [syn: corkwood, Leitneria floridana]