greenheart

English

Trunk of a greenheart tree

A gate made from greenheart wood

Leaves from the greenheart shrub: Colubrina arborescens

Etymology

green +‎ heart

Noun

greenheart (countable and uncountable, plural greenhearts)

1. A type of tree (Chlorocardium rodiei) native to Guyana.
2. Timber from the greenheart tree.
   • 2020 August 12, Andrew Mourant, “The tide is turning for a Victorian wonder”, in Rail, page 50:

     For instance, NR employed a timber consultant and tried out different hardwoods before settling on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified greenheart from Guyana.
     "Greenheart has a long track record of use in challenging applications," Bartlett says. "It's so naturally durable that it won't require maintenance - it has a design life of 30 years and can last 60. Preservative treatment is unnecessary - it's resistant to attack by shipworm and wood rotting fungi.

3. A type of shrub (Colubrina arborescens) native to Florida and the Caribbean.

Derived terms

• bastard greenheart
• false greenheart

Translations

A type of tree (Chlorocardium rodiei) native to Guyana.

• Bulgarian: зелен абанос m (zelen abanos)

References

• “greenheart”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• green earth, threenager