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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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First Known Use of East African yellowwood

1920, in the meaning defined above

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