canary wood (kanariwud)

The handsome, dark-colored, mahogany-like wood of Persea Indica and A poll on i as Canariensis, lauraceous trees of the Azores and Madeira: so called because it was brought originally from the Canaries. Also called Madeira mahogany. canaster (ka-nas'ter), n. [= MLG. kanaster = F. canastre, Pg. can a str a = Sp. canastro, can as to, usually canasta, a large basket, Meanwhile I will smoke my canaster, And tipple my ale in the shade. Thackeray, Imitation of Horace.