Noun
The dark timber of two lauraceous trees of the Azores and Madeira, Persea indica and Apollonias barbujana (formerly known as Persea canariensis).
The yellow wood of various trees:
Centrolobium species (South America).
Eucalyptus albens (Australia)
The tulip tree, Liriodendron tulipifera (US)
Morinda citrifolia
Nauclea orientalis (Southeast Asia to Australia)
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