lancewood

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Definition of lancewood in English English dictionary

A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts

{i} tough flexible wood (used to make fishing rods, bows, etc.); tree which produces this wood

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 (Anonaseæ)

source of most of the lancewood of commerce durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools

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Hyphenation

lance·wood

Etymology

() lance +‎ wood