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Maclura pomifera, bow wood, mock orange, osage orange
small shrubby deciduous yellowwood tree of south central United States having spines, glossy dark green leaves and an inedible fruit that resembles an orange; its hard orange-colored wood used for bows by Native Americans; frequently planted as boundary hedge
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Cladrastis kentukea, Cladrastis lutea, Kentucky yellowwood, gopherwood
small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye
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West Indian satinwood, Zanthoxylum flavum, satinwood
West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood
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Australian sumac, Rhodosphaera rhodanthema, Rhus rhodanthema
evergreen of Australia yielding a dark yellow wood
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Symplocus tinctoria, sweetleaf
small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers; leaves and bark yield a yellow dye
