Whitewood
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Whitewood can be:
- The woodWoodWood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...
of spruceSpruceA spruce is a tree of the genus Picea , a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the Family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal regions of the earth. Spruces are large trees, from tall when mature, and can be distinguished by their whorled branches and conical...
trees. - A species of SeagrapeCoccolobaCoccoloba is a genus of about 120–150 species of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae. The genus is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, in South America, the Caribbean and Central America, with two species extending into Florida.The species are shrubs and trees,...
, Coccoloba krugii - An endemic tree from the island of St Helena, PetrobiumPetrobiumPetrobium is a monotypic genus in the family Asteraceae endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. The vernacular name is Whitewood....
- An AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n rainforest tree, Elaeocarpus kirtoniiElaeocarpus kirtoniiElaeocarpus kirtonii is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows from near Milton, New South Wales to Eungella National Park in tropical Queensland. It grows in tropical, sub-tropical and warm temperate rainforests. Often seen in cooler and moister sites on volcanic soils and on the... - An AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n rainforest tree, Elaeocarpus obovatusElaeocarpus obovatusElaeocarpus obovatus is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows from near Wyong in New South Wales to Proserpine, Queensland in the tropics....
- The following places:
- Whitewood, SaskatchewanWhitewood, SaskatchewanWhitewood is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located approximately east of Regina on the Trans-Canada Highway Sk Hwy 1. It is situated at the crossroads of two major highways systems – the Trans-Canada, which runs east and west, and Sk Hwy 9, which runs north and south from...
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... - Whitewood, South DakotaWhitewood, South DakotaWhitewood is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 927 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Whitewood is located at ....
, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... - Whitewood, VirginiaWhitewood, VirginiaWhitewood is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the Whitewood area had a population of 485. It is located along the Dismal River, which is part of the watershed of the Big Sandy River.-History:...
, United States
- Whitewood, Saskatchewan
- Ships in the United States NavyUnited States NavyThe United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
:- USS Whitewood (AG-129)
- USS Whitewood (AN-63)USS Whitewood (AN-63)USS Whitewood , a wooden-hulled of the United States Navy was laid down on 24 October 1942 at Rockland, Maine, by the Snow Shipyard, Inc.; named Whitewood on 5 July 1943; re-classified a net laying ship, AN-63, on 1 January 1944; launched on 21 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Eben Kenney; and...
- When a pinballPinballPinball is a type of arcade game, usually coin-operated, where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass-covered case called a pinball machine. The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible...
machine is in the development phase the prototype playfield is called a "whitewood".