lancewood

Any of various trees, especially Oxandra lanceolata of the West Indies, which has hard elastic wood formerly used for bows, carriage shafts, and fishing rods.

A name of several trees and of their wood.

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).

A myrtaceous tree (Backhousia Australis).

A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts.