noun
small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye
• Syn: ↑Kentucky yellowwood, ↑Cladrastis lutea, ↑Cladrastis kentukea
• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous yellowwood
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cladrastis, ↑genus Cladrastis
* * *
noun : yellowwood 1 a
* * *
/goh"feuhr wood'/, n.
yellowwood.
[1880-85, Amer.; GOPHER1 + WOOD1]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.