lancewood

noun3

1. •
   New Zealand trees in the genus Pseudopanax.
2. •
   (Australia) Any of various Australian trees having hard timber, especially Acacia shirleyi of Queensland and the Northern Territory; also a woodland made of such trees.

   • Bo sat on the sprung branch of a toppled lancewood. — 2002
3. •
   A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts (Oxandra lanceolata).