angiospermous yellowwood

Definitions of angiospermous yellowwood

1. noun

   any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood
   types:

   Maclura pomifera, bow wood, mock orange, osage orange

   small shrubby deciduous yellowwood tree of south central United States having spines, glossy dark green leaves and an inedible fruit that resembles an orange; its hard orange-colored wood used for bows by Native Americans; frequently planted as boundary hedge

   Cladrastis kentukea, Cladrastis lutea, Kentucky yellowwood, gopherwood

   small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye

   West Indian satinwood, Zanthoxylum flavum, satinwood

   West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood

   Australian sumac, Rhodosphaera rhodanthema, Rhus rhodanthema

   evergreen of Australia yielding a dark yellow wood

   Symplocus tinctoria, sweetleaf

   small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers; leaves and bark yield a yellow dye

   type of:

   yellowwood, yellowwood tree

   any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract