Crossword clues for snakewood
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Trumpetwood \Trump"et*wood`\, n. (Bot.) A tropical American tree ( Cecropia peltata) of the Breadfruit family, having hollow stems, which are used for wind instruments; -- called also snakewood, and trumpet tree.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (taxlink Brosimum guianense species noshow=1), an Amazonian tree having hard, speckled wood that resembles snakeskin; used in musical instruments. 2 (taxlink Acacia xiphophylla species noshow=1), an Australian tree with curving, snake-like limbs. 3 Any of various North American shrubs of the genus (taxlink Colubrina genus noshow=1), often specifically (taxlink Colubrina texensis species noshow=1).
WordNet
n. East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots resembling serpents [syn: Rauwolfia serpentina]
Wikipedia
Snakewood is a common name of several different plants:
- Acacia xiphophylla (family Fabaceae) in Australia
- Acacia intorta in Australia
- Brosimum guianense (= Piratinera guianensis) (family Moraceae) in South America, an exotic hardwood prized for its highly figured grain
- Colubrina species (family Rhamnaceae) in North America
- Condalia species (family Rhamnaceae)
Usage examples of "snakewood".
A host of improbable plants, smoke tree and snakewood, cork oaks and other rarities, dotted the lawns, their shapes rakish or anxious or sorrowful.
They saw a great deal that deserved to be painted: red houses like gems set in deep green, snakewood trees and smoke trees seared blue and brown.
The next morning this benevolent adventurer sat at an upper window of the Swan inn, tapping impatiently with a snakewood cane at his newly varnished boots.
At any rate, these plantings here at the foot of the steps are East Indian snakewood from Java and Timor.