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Definition of Lemonwood
1. Noun. Hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods.
Generic synonyms: Wood
2. Noun. South African evergreen having hard tough wood.
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
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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