Useful english dictionary. 2012.
yellowwood — noun 1. the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees • Hypernyms: ↑wood • Substance Holonyms: ↑yellowwood tree 2. any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract • Syn: ↑yellowwood tree … Useful english dictionary
yellowwood — noun Date: circa 1666 1. any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract; especially a leguminous tree (Cladrastis lutea) of the southern United States having showy white fragrant flowers and yielding a yellow dye 2. the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Yellowwood State Forest — Yellowwood State Forest, originally Beanblossom Land Utilization Project, is a state forest located in Brown County, Indiana, near the more famous Brown County State Park. The forest features seventeen different areas within Brown County,… … Wikipedia
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
yellowwood — [yel′ō wood΄] n. 1. any of several trees yielding yellow wood, esp. 2. ☆ a) a white flowered leguminous tree (Cladrastis lutea) native to the SE U.S. b) SATINWOOD (sense 2b) 3. the wood of any of these … English World dictionary
yellowwood — /yel oh wood /, n. 1. a tree, Cladrastis lutea, of the legume family, native to the southeastern U.S., having clusters of fragrant, white flowers and wood that yields a yellow dye. 2. any of several other trees having yellowish wood or yielding a … Universalium
yellowwood — gopherwood gopherwood n. A small handsome round headed deciduous tree ({Cladrastis lutea}) having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye; also called {yellowwood}. Syn: Kentucky yellowwood, {Cladrastis… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
yellowwood — n. any of several trees with a yellowish wood or producing a yellow extract; yellow wood of any of the yellowwood trees; small tree that has white flowers and heavy hardwood that produces yellow dye … English contemporary dictionary
yellowwood — noun a) Any of the tree genus Cladrastis. b) Flindersia xanthoxyla, a tall rainforest tree of Australia … Wiktionary
yellowwood — /ˈjɛloʊwʊd/ (say yelohwood) noun 1. any of various species of Australian tree with yellow wood, including some Flindersia species, Ristantia pachysperma and Acronychia oblongifolia. 2. any of various southern African trees with yellow wood,… …
