Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Lancewood (wood) — Lancewood is a tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana. It was often used especially for carriage shafts. It is brought into commerce in the form of taper poles of about 6 metres in length and from 15 to 20 cm in… … Wikipedia
lancewood — /lans wood , lahns /, n. 1. the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, esp. Oxandra lanceolata, of tropical America, used for carriage shafts, cabinetwork, etc. 2. a tree that yields this wood. [1690 1700; LANCE1 + WOOD1] * * * ▪ wood… … Universalium
Lancewood — Lance wood , n. (Bot.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, {Duguetia Quitarensis} (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lancewood — may refer to the following:*Lancewood (wood), a tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana. * Pseudopanax crassifolius , a New Zealand tree, also called horoeka or lancewood … Wikipedia
lancewood — [lans′wood΄] n. 1. a tough, elastic wood used for shafts, fishing rods, billiard cues, etc. 2. any of various tropical trees yielding such wood; esp., a tree (Oxandra lanceolata) of the custard apple family … English World dictionary
tree — Synonyms and related words: Stammbaum, acacia, ailanthus, alder, alligator pear, allspice, almond, apple, apricot, ash, aspen, avocado, ax, balsa, balsam, banyan, bare pole, basswood, bay, bayberry, beech, betel palm, birch, block, bottle up,… … Moby Thesaurus
lancewood — /ˈlænswʊd / (say lanswood), /ˈlans / (say lahns ) noun 1. the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, as Harpullia pendula and Albizia basaltica. 2. a tree which yields it. 3. NZ a tree, Pseudopanax crassifolium, an immature form of which… …
lancewood — noun Date: 1697 a tough elastic wood used especially for shafts, fishing rods, and bows; also a tropical American tree (Oxandra lanceolata) of the custard apple family yielding this wood … New Collegiate Dictionary
lancewood — n. tough flexible wood (used to make fishing rods, bows, etc.); tree which produces this wood … English contemporary dictionary
lancewood — noun a tree with tough elastic wood. [Oxandra lanceolata (Caribbean) and Pseudopanax crassifolius (New Zealand).] … English new terms dictionary
