Whitewood

·noun The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, ·etc.

whitewood
n. another name for Cattle-Bush (q.v.). A Tasmanian name for Pittosporum bicolor, Hook., N.O. Pitto...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris