lancewood Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools
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noun source of most of the lancewood of commerce
lancewood tree; Oxandra lanceolata.
WordNet
Lance"wood` noun
Definitions
(Bot.) 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 ).
