yel|low|wood

yel|low|wood
yel|low|wood «YEHL oh WUD», noun.
1. a tree of the pea family, bearing showy, white flowers; gopherwood. It is found in the southern United States.
2. its hard, yellow wood, which yields a clear yellow dye.
3. any one of several other trees yielding yellow wood or a yellow extract or dye, such as the Osage orange.
4. the wood of these trees.

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  • Chloroxylon Swietenia — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cladrastis tinctoria — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flindersia Oxleyana — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Podocarpus — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Podocarpus latifolia — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Xanthoxylum — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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

  • yellow pine — yel′low pine′ n. 1) pln any of several North American pines yielding a strong, yellowish wood 2) the wood of any such tree • Etymology: 1700–10 …   From formal English to slang

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