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silver-wood
[silver n.]
One or other of several West Indian trees and shrubs (see quot. 1864).
1693in Phil. Trans. XVII. 620 The Silver-wood or White-wood, called by our Author Leucoxylum, is by him supposed the same with the white Brasil. 1725Sloane Jamaica II. 78 Silver-Wood. This tree..has an almost smooth grey bark, with some very white spots on it. 1864Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Ind. 787/2 Silver-wood, Guettarda argentea, Zuelania lætioides, and Mouriria myrtilloides. |