Yellowwood

n.

1.

(Bot.) The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.

Noun	1.	yellowwood - yellow-colored wood of any of various yellowwood trees
	2.	yellowwood - any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract Synonyms: yellowwood tree

wood, yellowwood tree