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Thesaurus: lancewood

A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of …

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  1. n. A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae).
  2. n. durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools
  3. n. source of most of the lancewood of commerce
  4. A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseæ). Australian lancewood, a myrtaceous tree (Backhousia Australis).
  5. A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs,archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree whichproduces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana andCuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseæ).Australian lancewood, a myrtaceous tree (Backhousia Australis).
  6. n. durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools n. source of most of the lancewood of commerce