leadwood

lead +‎ wood

leadwood (plural leadwoods)

1. A southern African tree with exceptionally hard and dense wood, Combretum imberbe
   • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 353:

     And then the nights in the camp, the meat strung up in the trees and the heavy leadwood logs burning as high as a house.

• dealwood