LANCEWOOD

lancewood, lancewood tree, Oxandra lanceolata

(noun) source of most of the lancewood of commerce

lancewood

(noun) durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

lancewood (countable and uncountable, plural lancewoods)

A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts (Oxandra lanceolata).

New Zealand trees in the genus Pseudopanax.

Australian lancewood

Source: Wiktionary

Lance"wood`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseæ). Australian lancewood, a myrtaceous tree (Backhousia Australis).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition