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Noun: lancewood tree
  1. Tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood
    "Furniture made from lancewood tree is prized for its durability and beautiful grain";
    - laurelwood, Calophyllum candidissimum
     
  2. Source of most of the lancewood of commerce
    "Lancewood tree is prized for its flexible timber";
    - lancewood, Oxandra lanceolata

Derived forms: lancewood trees

Type of: tree

Part of: Calophyllum, genus Calophyllum