释义 |
yellowwood \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun Etymology: yellow (I) + wood 1. : any of various trees having wood that is yellowish or yielding a yellow extract: as a. : a tree (Cladrastis lutea) of the southern United States that has odd-pinnate leaves and showy white fragrant flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood which yields a yellow dye — called also gopherwood b. : osage orange c. : sweetleaf d. : buckthorn e. : smoke tree 1 f. : florida boxwood g. : shrub yellowroot h. : any of various West Indian trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum; especially : satinwood 2a(1) i. : fustic 1a j. (1) : an Australian tree (Achronychia laevis) of the family Rutaceae (2) : sassafras 3 a(2) (3) : an Australian sumac (Rhus rhodanthema) that yields a dark yellow wood (4) : long jack k. : south african yellowwood; broadly : an African tree of the genus Podocarpus 1. : any of several trees of the genus Terminalia 2. : the wood of a yellowwood tree |