Princewood

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Princewood \Prince"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
     The wood of two small tropical American trees ({Hamelia
     ventricosa}, and {Cordia gerascanthoides}). It is brownish,
     veined with lighter color.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  princewood
       n 1: tropical American timber tree [syn: {Spanish elm}, {Cordia
            gerascanthus}]
       2: large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for
          its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood [syn:
          {Spanish elm}, {Equador laurel}, {salmwood}, {cypre}, {Cordia
          alliodora}]