yel·low·wood /-ˌwʊd/
黃色木材的各種樹
Yel·low·wood n. 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.
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yellowwood
n 1: yellow-colored wood of any of various yellowwood trees
2: any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a
yellow extract [syn: yellowwood tree]