needle wood vs needlewood

needle wood and needlewood both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
needle wood	Yes	No	No	No
needlewood	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, needle wood and needlewood are synonyms defined as:

needle wood and needlewood: large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia

Other synonyms of needle wood include Hakea leucoptera, needle-wood.

needle wood (noun)	needlewood (noun)
large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia	large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia