Meanings
nounCape yellowwood (countable and uncountable, plural Cape yellowwoods)
plural Cape yellowwoods
- countableuncountableA South African tree with yellowish wood, Podocarpus latifolius, or the wood from this tree.
He was standing beside the old Cape yellowwood jonkmanskas which I'd changed into a cocktail cabinet.
1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 160
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSouth African tree or shrub having a rounded crown
Similar
African yellowwoodPodocarpus elongatus
Broader
coniferconiferous tree
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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