Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Xanthoxylum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Yellowwood \Yel"low*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees;
also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so
called are the {Cladrastis tinctoria}, an American leguminous
tree; the several species of prickly ash ({Xanthoxylum}); the
Australian {Flindersia Oxleyana}, a tree related to the
mahogany; certain South African species of {Podocarpus},
trees related to the yew; the East Indian {Podocarpus
latifolia}; and the true satinwood ({Chloroxylon Swietenia}).
All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Xanthoxylum \Xan*thox"y*lum\, n. [NL., from Gr. xanqo`s yellow +
xy`lon wood.] (Bot.)
A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots
of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash.
Note: The commonest species in the Northern United States is
{Xanthoxylum Americanum}. See {Prickly ash}, under
{Prickly}.
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