noun
- the hard, dense wood of certain trees, especially cascara buckthorn
- a tree that produces bearwood, particularly the cascara buckthorn
Examples
- The craftsman preferred bearwood for making tool handles due to its durability.
- Bearwood trees grow naturally in the Pacific Northwest.
- The dense grain of bearwood makes it resistant to splitting.
- Native Americans traditionally used bearwood for various purposes.
- The bearwood’s bark was also valued for medicinal properties.