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Webster 1913 Edition
Yellowwood
Yel′low-woodˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the
Cladrastis tinctoria
, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum
); the Australian Flindersia Oxleyana
, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus
, trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia
; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia
). All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.