cheesewood|ˈtʃiːzwʊd| [f. cheese n.1 + wood n.] A yellowish-white wood obtained from the Australian trees Pittosporum bicolor and P. undulatum; also, a tree of either species. 1889J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants 588 ‘Cheesewood’..is yellowish-white, very hard, and of uniform texture and colour.