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Definition of: yellowwood
(yel′ō·w
d′) noun
1. The yellowish wood of a tree (Cladrastis lutea) of the southern United States, with smooth bark and showy white flowers; gopherwood. The wood yields a yellow dye.
2. The tree.
3. Any one of several other trees with yellowish wood, as the Osage orange, buckthorn, smoketree, or the like.
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