ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: yellow (I) + wood
1. : any of various trees having wood that is yellowish or yielding a yellow extract: as
a. : a tree ( Cladrastis lutea ) of the southern United States that has odd-pinnate leaves and showy white fragrant flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood which yields a yellow dye — called also gopherwood
b. : osage orange
c. : sweetleaf
d. : buckthorn
e. : smoke tree 1
f. : florida boxwood
g. : shrub yellowroot
h. : any of various West Indian trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum ; especially : satinwood 2a(1)
i. : fustic 1a
j.
(1) : an Australian tree ( Achronychia laevis ) of the family Rutaceae
(2) : sassafras 3 a(2)
(3) : an Australian sumac ( Rhus rhodanthema ) that yields a dark yellow wood
(4) : long jack
k. : south african yellowwood ; broadly : an African tree of the genus Podocarpus
1. : any of several trees of the genus Terminalia
2. : the wood of a yellowwood tree