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Definition of Lancewood tree
1. Noun. Tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood.
Group relationships: Calophyllum, Genus Calophyllum
Generic synonyms: Tree
2. Noun. Source of most of the lancewood of commerce.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lancewood Tree
Literary usage of Lancewood tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The yellow lancewood tree (yari-yari of Guiana) is of similar dimensions, found
in tolerable abundance throughout Guiana, and used by the Indians for ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... grows to a height of 50 ft., is of remarkably slender form, and seldom yields
wood more than 8 in. diameter. The yellow lancewood tree ..."
3. Among the Indians of Guiana: Being Sketches Chiefly Anthropologic from the by Everard Ferdinand Im Thurn (1883)
"... or from the Yari-Yari, or lancewood tree, or from at least one other tree of
unknown name. Two long thin sticks of one of these, when thoroughly dried, ..."
4. Sylvan Winter by Francis George Heath (1886)
"The tree which produces it is the lancewood tree (Guatteria virgata) and is a
native of Jamaica. Though not a large-growing tree, its wood is very valuable ..."
5. The Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1850)
"... more particular, and more matter-of-fact account of its soil, climate and
productions:— The natural productions of the island are the lancewood tree ..."
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