About The Word Lancewood
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Lancewood
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What's The Definition Of Lancewood?
[n] source of most of the lancewood of commerce
[n] durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools Synonyms | Synonyms for Lancewood: lancewood tree | Oxandra lanceolata Related Terms | Find terms related to Lancewood: See Also | lancewood | tree | wood Lancewood In Webster's Dictionary \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]}).
{Australian lancewood}, a myrtaceous tree ({Backhousia
Australis}).
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