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Cape yellowwood

Cape yellowwood noun: a South African tree with yellowish wood, Podocarpus latifolius, or the wood from this tree.

Noun

Cape yellowwood (countable and uncountable, plural Cape yellowwoods)

  1. A 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

Forms of Cape yellowwood

pluralCape yellowwoods

Origin of Cape yellowwood

From Cape + yellowwood.

Questions about Cape yellowwood

What does Cape yellowwood mean?
Cape yellowwood means a South African tree with yellowish wood, Podocarpus latifolius, or the wood from this tree.
What part of speech is Cape yellowwood?
Cape yellowwood is a noun.
What is the plural of Cape yellowwood?
The plural of Cape yellowwood is Cape yellowwoods.

Words near Cape yellowwood in the dictionary

  1. Cape whitefish
  2. Cape whitefishes
  3. Cape Winelands
  4. Cape Woolamai
  5. Cape Wrath
  6. Cape yellowwood
  7. Cape yellowwoods
  8. Cape York
  9. Cape York Peninsula
  10. cape-pondweed
  11. capea

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