LEMONWOOD

lemonwood, lemon-wood, lemonwood tree, lemon-wood tree, Psychotria capensis

(noun) South African evergreen having hard tough wood

lemonwood

(noun) hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lemonwood (plural lemonwoods)

A small evergreen tree, Pittosporum eugenioides, from New Zealand, whose leaves smell of lemon when crushed

Synonyms

• tarata

Source: Wiktionary



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