hardwood \hard"wood`\ adj.
   Made of the hard-to-cut wood of a broad-leaved tree, as e.g.
   oak; consisting of a hardwood; as, hardwood floors; -- of
   wood and wooden objects.
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	hardwood \hard"wood`\ n.
   The wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as
   distinguished from the wood of conifers); also items made
   from such wood; as, decorative hardwood.
   [WordNet 1.5]

	

	hardwood
    n 1: the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as
         distinguished from the wood of conifers)