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n. (Bot.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseæ). [ 1913 Webster ]

Australian lancewood, a myrtaceous tree (Backhousia Australis). [ 1913 Webster ]