YELLOWWOOD

• YELLOWWOOD (noun)
  The noun YELLOWWOOD has 2 senses:

1. the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees
2. any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract

  Familiarity information: YELLOWWOOD used as a noun is rare.

• YELLOWWOOD (noun)

Meaning:

The yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("yellowwood" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("yellowwood" is a substance of...):

yellowwood; yellowwood tree (any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract)

Meaning:

Any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

yellowwood tree; yellowwood

Hypernyms ("yellowwood" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (substance of "yellowwood"):

yellowwood (the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yellowwood"):

gymnospermous yellowwood (any of various gymnospermous trees having yellow wood)

angiospermous yellowwood (any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood)