yellowwood
/yel-oh-wood/US // ˈyɛl oʊˌwʊd //UK // (ˈjɛləʊˌwʊd) //
黄木,黄材,黄木头,黄木耳
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a 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.
Examples
This is something of a problem, and sitting down with his back against a yellowwood-tree he proceeds to think it out.
Yellowwood (Schaefferia frutescens) is also known as boxwood.
There were tall timber-trees—yellowwood, sneezewood, essenwood, stinkwood—and the ground was carpeted with thick grass and ferns.
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