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]