Lancewood — may refer to the following:*Lancewood (wood), a tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana. * Pseudopanax crassifolius , a New Zealand tree, also called horoeka or lancewood … Wikipedia
Lancewood — Lance wood , n. (Bot.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, {Duguetia Quitarensis} (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lancewood — [lans′wood΄] n. 1. a tough, elastic wood used for shafts, fishing rods, billiard cues, etc. 2. any of various tropical trees yielding such wood; esp., a tree (Oxandra lanceolata) of the custard apple family … English World dictionary
lancewood — /lans wood , lahns /, n. 1. the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, esp. Oxandra lanceolata, of tropical America, used for carriage shafts, cabinetwork, etc. 2. a tree that yields this wood. [1690 1700; LANCE1 + WOOD1] * * * ▪ wood… … Universalium
lancewood tree — noun 1. tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood • Syn: ↑laurelwood, ↑Calophyllum candidissimum • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Calophyllum, ↑genus Calophyllum … Useful english dictionary
lancewood — lance•wood [[t]ˈlænsˌwʊd, ˈlɑns [/t]] n. 1) pln the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, esp. Oxandra lanceolata, of tropical America, used esp. for fishing rods and arrow shafts and bows 2) pln a tree that yields this wood • Etymology:… … From formal English to slang
lancewood — noun Date: 1697 a tough elastic wood used especially for shafts, fishing rods, and bows; also a tropical American tree (Oxandra lanceolata) of the custard apple family yielding this wood … New Collegiate Dictionary
wood — Synonyms and related words: acacia, afforestation, alder, arboretum, ash, backlog, balsa, balsam, banyan, bass, basswood, bavin, beam, beech, beechwood, billet, birch, board, boarding, boondocks, brush, brushwood, burl, bush, bushveld, buttonwood … Moby Thesaurus
lancewood — n. tough flexible wood (used to make fishing rods, bows, etc.); tree which produces this wood … English contemporary dictionary
lancewood — noun A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts … Wiktionary
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