lancewood

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

lancewood
    n 1: durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used
         for building and cabinetwork and tools
    2: source of most of the lancewood of commerce [syn:
       {lancewood}, {lancewood tree}, {Oxandra lanceolata}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 same family
   ({Anonase[ae]}).
   [1913 Webster]

   {Australian lancewood}, a myrtaceous tree ({Backhousia
      Australis}).
      [1913 Webster]