gopher wood

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Etymology

From גפר, found in Genesis 6:14. Unrelated to the North American animal. Sometimes hypothesized to be ultimately cognate to English cypress, the wood itself being such or related to the tree.

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gopher wood (uncountable)

  1. (biblical) The unidentified wood used in the construction of Noah's Ark.

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