Peltogyne, a genus of tropical trees that produce lumber called "amaranth wood"
"Yes," said the learned Professor, "what you see is called fossil wood."
The tree is also called canoewood, saddle-leaf tree and white wood.
The first layer, called early wood, is formed at the beginning of the growing season.
"We call it social wood," he said, adding that it creates a warm feeling on holidays or at parties.
As a thermoplastic, it can be molded and is therefore also called liquid wood.
Are you not ashamed to call stones and wood, gods?
Another major plant group that produce material that often is called wood are the palms.
The walls, floor, ceiling, they are what we call wood.
We have a family of the rare, spectacular, crow-sized Pileated woodpeckers which call on our dead- wood; we can watch them right from the house.