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The light-colored soft and light wood is easily worked and much used for the interior finish of houses, for wood-carving, wooden baskets and other small...

various species of that genus. The wood of Eucalyptus is hard, firm and elastic, and is much prized in wood-carving. Many other species of this family...

(Anderson 2001). The wood, which is soft and close-grained, is not sawn into lumber but is used to a limited extent for firewood and wood carving (Viereck and...

birds, which is reflected in the old name "bird catcher". The wood is dense and used for carving and turning and for tool handles and walking sticks. The European...

gourds as means of recording events of the time. In North America, the carving of pumpkins and some other gourds into Jack-o-Lanterns is a popular cultural...

trilobed, but less deeply than in C. betulus. The wood of hornbeams is very hard, giving rise to the name iron-wood and not used much due to the difficulty of...

incised, petals, or by the absence of petals. A vegetable ivory used in carving is obtained from the large stone of the drupe of Elaeocarpus sphaericus...

of C. australis is valued for carving. Propagated by seeds, sown after maturity; also by layers and cuttings of mature wood in fall; rarer kinds are sometimes...

Elaeodendron are said to be eaten in South Africa. The wood of some Celastraceae is much valued for carving. In North America 6 or more genera of Celastraceae...

a species but that is useful in some way. Many yield textile fibers. The wood is used to build houses and the leaves to thatch the roofs. The leaves are...

The tuning of these flutes is not precise and depends on the length of the wood used and the hand span of the intended player, but the finger holes are most...