1. A deciduous tree (Cladrastis lutea) of the southeast united states, having drooping clusters of white flowers and yellow wood yielding a yellow dye.
2. the wood of this tree.
3. any of various trees having yellow wood.

1. any of the tree genus Cladrastis.
2. Flindersia xanthoxyla, a tall rainforest tree of australia.
3. the osage orange tree.
4. any of the conifer genus Podocarpus.
5. Sarcomelicope simplicifolia, a small rainforest tree of australia.

1. the wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an american leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain south african species of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the east indian Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). all these old world trees furnish valuable timber.

1. see polecat-tree.
2. same as fustic.
3. Cladrastis tinctoria, the american or Kentucky yellow-wood, in cultivation commonly known as Virgilia lutea, also called gopher-wood and yellow ash.
4. same as white teak. see teak.

1. the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees
2. any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract