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YELLOWWOOD
yellowwood, yellowwood tree
(noun) any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract
yellowwood
(noun) the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
yellowwood (countable and uncountable, plural yellowwoods)
Any of the tree genus Cladrastis.
Flindersia xanthoxyla, a tall rainforest tree of Australia.
The osage orange tree.
Any of the conifer genus Podocarpus.
Sarcomelicope simplicifolia, a small rainforest tree of Australia.
Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum, thorny yellowwood, of Australia
Source: Wiktionary
Yel"low*wood`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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