south-african yellowwood

1. 1.

   erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark grey bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves

   SynonymsPodocarpus latifolius

   Broadergymnospermous yellowwood

   Part ofPodocarpus

Questions about south-african yellowwood

What does south-african yellowwood mean?

south-african yellowwood means "erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark grey bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves".

What is another word for south-african yellowwood?

Close synonyms include Podocarpus latifolius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is south-african yellowwood a common word?

south-african yellowwood is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.