yellowwood

yel·low·wood

Y0016600 (yĕl′ō-wo͝od′)n.1. Any of several trees having yellow wood, especially Cladrastis kentukea in the pea family, native to the eastern United States, which has drooping clusters of white flowers and yields a yellow dye.2. The wood of any of these trees.

yellowwood

(ˈjɛləʊˌwʊd) n1. (Plants) Also 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 dye2. (Plants) Also called: West Indian satinwood a rutaceous tree, Zanthoxylum flavum, of the Caribbean, with smooth hard wood3. (Plants) any of several other trees with yellow wood, esp Podocarpus falcatus, a conifer of southern Africa: family Podocarpaceae4. (Forestry) the wood of any of these trees

yel•low•wood

(ˈyɛl oʊˌwʊd)

n. 1. a tree, Cladrastis lutea, of the legume family, of the southeastern U.S., having clusters of fragrant white flowers and wood that yields a yellow dye. 2. any of several other trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow dye. 3. the wood of any of these trees. [1660–70]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	yellowwood - the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood treesyellowwood tree, yellowwood - any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extractwood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	yellowwood - any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extractyellowwood treegymnospermous yellowwood - any of various gymnospermous trees having yellow woodangiospermous yellowwood - any of various angiospermous trees having yellow woodyellowwood - the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood treestree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms