Crossword clues for lancewood
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lancewood \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).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts ((taxlink Oxandra lanceolata species noshow=1)). 2 New Zealand trees in the genus (taxlink Pseudopanax species noshow=1).
WordNet
n. durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools
source of most of the lancewood of commerce [syn: lancewood tree, Oxandra lanceolata]
Wikipedia
Lancewood may refer to:
Usage examples of "lancewood".
I wonder, Miss Stanton-Lacy, how many persons are aware that the lancewood supplies the shafts for their carriages?
Pate of Mory, Pate of Lancewood, Old Pate, and Pate of Shermer's Grove.
Pate of Mory, Pate of Lancewood, Old Pate, and Pate of Shermer’s Grove.