noun. The wood of a eudicot or a magnoliid, such as an oak, maple, or magnolia.

noun. A eudicot or magnoliid tree.

Having a hard wood (see hard wood, under wood, n.), as a tree; bearing trees with hard wood, as a forest; made of hard wood: as, a hardwood floor.

noun. A hardwood tree.

adjective. Made of the hard-to-cut wood of a broad-leaved tree, as e.g. oak; consisting of a hardwood; ; -- of wood and wooden objects.

noun. The wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers); also items made from such wood.

noun. (mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.

noun. (in more general use) As the preceding but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.

noun. The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.

noun. A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.

noun. The sport of basketball, in particular the basketball court.

noun. the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)

"Figured walnut now costs a king's ransom, laminated hardwood is a practical and affordable choice for my sporterweights, and a synthetic stock is a stable choice for varmint and target rifles."

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