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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yellowwood  \Yel"low*wood`\,  n.  (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 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Podocarpus 
  n  :  evergreen  trees  or  shrubs;  sometimes  classified  as  member  of 
  the  family  Taxaceae  [syn:  {Podocarpus},  {genus  Podocarpus}] 




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