单词 | yellowwood |
释义 | yellowwood[ yel-oh-wood ] / ˈyɛl oʊˌwʊd / nouna tree, Cladrastis lutea, of the legume family, native to the southeastern U.S., having clusters of fragrant, white flowers and wood that yields a yellow dye. any of several other trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow substance, as Podocarpus elongatus or P. henkelii, of Africa. the wood of any of these trees. Origin of yellowwoodFirst recorded in 1660–70; yellow + wood1 Words nearby yellowwoodyellow underwing, yellow warbler, yellowware, yellow water lily, yellowweed, yellowwood, yellowwort, yellowy, yellow-yite, yelp, Yeltsin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for yellowwood
British Dictionary definitions for yellowwoodyellowwood / (ˈjɛləʊˌwʊd) / nounAlso called (US): gopherwood 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 Also called: West Indian satinwood a rutaceous tree, Zanthoxylum flavum, of the Caribbean, with smooth hard wood any of several other trees with yellow wood, esp Podocarpus falcatus, a conifer of southern Africa: family Podocarpaceae the wood of any of these trees Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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