whitewoo

n. The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called whitewood in various countries, as the wood of Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella. [ 1913 Webster ]