Word
Yellowwood
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
yel-low-wood
Definition
- n. - 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.
- noun - Any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract
- noun - The yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees
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