lancewood
lancewood · lancewoods
A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly…A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts (Oxandra lanceolata).
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts (Oxandra lanceolata).
(countable, uncountable)New Zealand trees in the genus Pseudopanax.
(Australia, countable, uncountable)Any of various Australian trees having hard timber, especially Acacia shirleyi of Queensland and the Northern Territory; also a woodland made of such trees.
More definitions
- source of most of the lancewood of commerce
- durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools
Origin
From lance + wood.From lance + wood.
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Forms
plural: lancewoods| Singular | lancewood |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- source of most of the lancewood of commerce:lancewood treeOxandra lanceolata
Lessons for this word
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