Definition of American yellowwood
: yellowwood sense 1a
… I'm waiting to see when, if ever, an American yellowwood (Cladrastis lutea) that I planted in 1983 … is going to show me the fragrant wisterialike flowers the tree is renowned for.— Susan M. Seidman, Fine Gardening, September/October 1990
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The first known use of American yellowwood was in 1835
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