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Lemonwood

noun
1.
Hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods.
2.
South African evergreen having hard tough wood.  Synonyms: lemon-wood, lemon-wood tree, lemonwood tree, Psychotria capensis.





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"Lemonwood" Quotes from Famous Books



... matting, and spread upon it were rugs and carpets of Karadagh, Kermanshah, Sultan-abad, and Khorassan, with lesser-known loomings of almost equal beauty. Skins of rare beasts overlay the divans. 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 and chests of exquisite lacquer and enamel, loot of an emperor's palace; robes heavy with gold; slippers studded with jewels; strange ...
— Tales of Chinatown • Sax Rohmer


Words linked to "Lemonwood" :   tree, genus Psychotria, wood, Psychotria


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