The Collaborative International Dictionary
leopardwood
leopardwood \leop"ard*wood`\, n. (Bot.) See Letterwood.
leopardwood
Letterwood \Let"ter*wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. (Bot.) The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum ( Brosimum Aubletii), found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks.
Wiktionary
leopardwood
n. ''Flindersia maculosa'', a tree in the citrus family.
Usage examples of "leopardwood".
Wolf found him in Lightning Ridge, a raw and rough miners' town in a depression surrounded by long, low hills dotted with Buddah, Belah and Leopardwood trees.