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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: snakewood (0.02516 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to snakewood.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: snakewood
snakewood
n : East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots
resembling serpents [syn:
Rauwolfia serpentina]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: snakewood
Letterwood
\Let"ter*wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. (Bot.)
The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus
Brosimum (
Brosimum Aubletii), found in Guiana; -- so
called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to
hieroglyphics; also called
snakewood, and
leopardwood. It
is much used for bows and for walking sticks.
[1913 Webster]
Trumpetwood
\Trump"et*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A tropical American tree (
Cecropia peltata) of the
Breadfruit family, having hollow stems, which are used for
wind instruments; -- called also
snakewood, and
trumpet tree
.
[1913 Webster]
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