Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Lancewood \Lance"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
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
({Anonase[ae]}).
{Australian lancewood}, a myrtaceous tree ({Backhousia
Australis}).
Source : WordNet®
lancewood
n 1: durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for
building and cabinetwork and tools
2: source of most of the lancewood of commerce [syn: {lancewood
tree}, {Oxandra lanceolata}]