lancewood

American  

[lans-wood, lahns-] / ˈlænsˌwʊd, ˈlɑns- /

noun

1. the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, especially Oxandra lanceolata, of tropical America, used for carriage shafts, cabinetwork, etc.

2. a tree that yields this wood.

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lancewood British  

/ ˈlɑːnsˌwʊd /

noun

1. any of various tropical trees, esp Oxandra lanceolata, yielding a tough elastic wood: family Annonaceae

2. the wood of any of these trees

3. Also called: horoeka.  a New Zealand forest tree, Pseudopanax crassifolius , with a small round head and a slender trunk

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Etymology

Origin of lancewood

First recorded in 1690–1700; lance ¹ + wood ¹

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lancewood

Some people prefer Greenheart or Wasahba for tips, but lancewood or red cedar is the best, I think.

From Black Bass Where to catch them in quantity within an hour's ride from New York by Bradford, Charles Barker

A stirrer must be provided, made of lancewood, flat, and perforated with holes the size of a sixpence, resembling in form a large palette-knife.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

Descended towards the plains over stony rises, with gum-tree, lancewood, and other scrub and spinifex.

From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by Stuart, John McDouall

They brought with them a large cage constructed, at the cabin, of heavy bars of lancewood, rudely but strongly secured with iron.

From The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier by Drayson, A.W.

Ebony, rosewood, fustic, lancewood, mahogany, and other choice woods are very abundant, especially the mahogany, which grows to enormous size.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray