Hardwood

Hardwood is wood from flowering (angiosperm) trees. These are usually found in broad-leaved temperate and tropical forests. In temperate and boreal latitudes, they are mostly deciduous, but in the tropics and subtropics, they are mostly evergreen.

Hardwood contrasts with softwood.

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