yellowwood Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees
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noun any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract
yellowwood tree.
WordNet
Yel"low*wood` noun
Definitions
(Bot.) 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 AustralianFlindersia Oxleyana , a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species ofPodocarpus , trees related to the yew; the East IndianPodocarpus latifolia ; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia ). All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.
