{Australian lancewood}, a myrtaceous tree ({Backhousia Australis}). [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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 , 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
Backhousia Australis — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Duguetia Quitarensis — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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