Lancewood

Lancewood
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 same family ({Anonase[ae]}). [1913 Webster]

{Australian lancewood}, a myrtaceous tree ({Backhousia Australis}). [1913 Webster]


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  • 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 — [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 — siauralapė oksandra statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Anoninių šeimos medieninis augalas (Oxandra lanceolata), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Oxandra lanceolata angl. black lancewood; lancewood isp. asta; yaya šaltinis… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Lancewood (wood) — Lancewood is a tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana. It was often used especially for carriage shafts. It is brought into commerce in the form of taper poles of about 6 metres in length and from 15 to 20 cm in… …   Wikipedia

  • 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 — 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

  • lancewood — noun A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts …   Wiktionary

  • Lancewood — Calycophyllum (E) …   EthnoBotanical Dictionary

  • lancewood — n. tough flexible wood (used to make fishing rods, bows, etc.); tree which produces this wood …   English contemporary dictionary

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