English > angiospermous yellowwood: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood. |
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Narrower | Australian sumac, Rhodosphaera rhodanthema, Rhus rhodanthema | evergreen of Australia yielding a dark yellow wood |
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Kentucky yellowwood, gopherwood, Cladrastis lutea, Cladrastis kentukea | small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye |
osage orange, bow wood, mock orange, Maclura pomifera | small shrubby deciduous yellowwood tree of south central United States having spines, glossy dark green leaves and an inedible fruit that resembles an orange |
satinwood, West Indian satinwood, Zanthoxylum flavum | West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood |
sweetleaf, Symplocus tinctoria | small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers |
Broader | yellowwood, yellowwood tree | Any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract |
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