Lancewood
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lancewood is a noun meaning A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts (Oxandra lanceolata).
Meaning
A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts (Oxandra lanceolata).
More Meanings
- New Zealand trees in the genus Pseudopanax.
- (Australia) Any of various Australian trees having hard timber, especially Acacia shirleyi of Queensland and the Northern Territory; also a woodland made of such trees.
Example Sentences
Bo sat on the sprung branch of a toppled lancewood.
Besides these two trees, which are the most general form of vegetation met with, may be found the briglow, bugwood, lapunya, lancewood, cork, box, and bloodwood, the last so named from its light red sap, which oozes in a thick stream
Word Forms
- lancewoods
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lancepod, limewood, leverwood, letterwood, lauan, leadwood.
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