yellowwood

Definition of Yellowwood in English :

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Noun

1. yellowwood

the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees

2. yellowwood, yellowwood tree

any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract

yellowwood tree

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Yellowwood

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noun

1. Also called (US): gopherwood

any of several leguminous trees of the genus Cladrastis, esp C. lutea, of the southeastern US, having clusters of white flowers and yellow wood yielding a yellow dye

2. Also called: West Indian satinwood

a rutaceous tree, Zanthoxylum flavum, of the Caribbean, with smooth hard wood

3.

any of several other trees with yellow wood, esp Podocarpus falcatus, a conifer of southern Africa: family Podocarpaceae

4.

the wood of any of these trees

Yellowwood

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noun

1.

any of several trees yielding yellow wood

, esp.

a. US

a white-flowered leguminous tree (Cladrastis lutea) native to the SE U.S.

b.

satinwood (sense 2) satinwood (sense 2b)

2.

the wood of any of these

Yellowwood

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n.

1. Any of several trees having yellow wood, especially Cladrastis kentukea in the pea family, native to the eastern United States, which has drooping clusters of white flowers and yields a yellow dye.

2. The wood of any of these trees.

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