any of several leguminous trees of the genus Cladrastis, esp C. lutea, of the southeastern US, having clusters of white flowers and yellow wood yielding a yellow dye
2. Also called: West Indian satinwood
a rutaceous tree, Zanthoxylum flavum, of the Caribbean, with smooth hard wood
3.
any of several other trees with yellow wood, esp Podocarpus falcatus, a conifer of southern Africa: family Podocarpaceae
4.
the wood of any of these trees
yellowwood in American English
(ˈjɛloʊˌwʊd)
noun
1.
any of several trees yielding yellow wood
, esp.
a. US
a white-flowered leguminous tree (Cladrastis lutea) native to the SE U.S.