yellowwood

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

yellowwood
    n 1: the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees
    2: any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a
       yellow extract [syn: {yellowwood}, {yellowwood tree}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 lutea}, Cladrastis
        kentukea, yellowwood.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 ({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.
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