SINCE 1828
East African yellowwood
noun
variants:
or East African pine
Definition of East African yellowwood
: real yellowwood
also
: a related tree (Podocarpus gracilior synonym Afrocarpus gracilior) of eastern Africa with flattened, needlelike leaves and valuable yellowish-brown wood
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