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yellowwood |
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]: yellowwood n 1: small handsome round-headed deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye [syn: {Kentucky yellowwood}, {gopherwood}, {Cladrastis lutea}, {Cladrastis kentukea}] 2: yellow-colored wood of any of various yellowwood trees 3: any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract [syn: {yellowwood tree}]
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