Definition of Lemonwood

1. Noun. Hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods.

Group relationships: Lemon-wood, Lemon-wood Tree, Lemonwood Tree, Psychotria Capensis
Generic synonyms: Wood

2. Noun. South African evergreen having hard tough wood.
Exact synonyms: Lemon-wood, Lemon-wood Tree, Lemonwood Tree, Psychotria Capensis
Group relationships: Genus Psychotria, Psychotria
Generic synonyms: Tree

Definition of Lemonwood

1. Noun. A small evergreen tree, ''Pittosporum eugenoides'', from New Zealand, whose leaves smell of lemon when crushed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lemonwood

lemoned
lemonier
lemoniest
lemoniness
lemoning
lemonish
lemonize
lemonized
lemonizes
lemonizing
lemonless
lemonlike
lemons
lemonwood (current term)
lemonwood tree
lemonwoods
lemony
lemoynite
lempira
lempiras
lemur
lemures
lemurian
lemurians
lemurid
lemuridae
lemurids
lemurine

Literary usage of Lemonwood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Archery: A Vade Mecum of the Art of Shooting with a Long Bow by Robert Potter Elmer (1917)
"lemonwood is the wood of which perhaps 75% of the bows in use are made. There are several reasons why this kind of bow should hold a high place, ..."

2. Tree Planting in Natal by Thomas Robertson Sim (1905)
"lemonwood, or Boya- bog, ... so when valuable kinds are extracted the forest becomes more and more a pure forest of unsellable lemonwood. ..."

3. Archery by Charles James Longman, Henry Walrond (1901)
"... states, an outfit of the best quality, which ' consisted of a lemonwood bow, and spare .strings, a dozen arrows contained in a quiver, a belt, pouch, ..."

4. Tales of Chinatown by Sax Rohmer (1922)
"Furniture of ivory, of ebony and lemonwood, preciously inlaid, gave to the place an air of cunning confusion. There were tall cabinets, there were caskets ..."

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