Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by origin]
6. biological material
7. plant material
8. [wood and wood by product]
9. wood (plant material)
10. [wood by composition or origin]
11. hardwood
12. boxwood (wood)

Anotations

Scope note:

Wood of the species Casearia praecox, native to the West Indies, Venezuela, and Colombia. The wood ranges in color from lemon-yellow to almost white, with little or no distinction between sapwood and heartwood. It is used in the making of shuttles, spindles, piano keys, and mathematical instruments. It is often died black to resemble ebony.