A name for various trees and shrubs, chiefly lauraceous, of the West Indies and tropical America, some of which furnish valuable timber; also the…

More fully mastic tree. A tall forest tree Sideroxylon (Mastichodendron) foetidissimum (family Sapotaceae), of the Caribbean region, which yields a…

Any of several tropical American trees providing valuable reddish wood; esp. mahogany, Swietenia mahagoni, West Indian cedar, Cedrela odorata, and…

(a) soapwood, Clethra tinifolia; (b) the courbaril, Hymenaea courbaril; cf. sense 2a.

(a) soapwood, Clethra tinifolia; (b) the courbaril, Hymenaea courbaril; cf. sense 2a.

(a) the timber of the West Indian tree Guarea glabra (sometimes called G. guidonia; family Meliaceae), which has a musky smell supposedly resembling…

Either of two tropical American trees of the family Meliaceae whose wood has a musky fragrance, Trichilia moschata and Guarea trichilioides (also…

A tree yielding this wood; the best known are Duguetia quitarensis from Cuba and Guyana and Oxandra virgata from Jamaica.

Any of several West Indian trees and shrubs of the family Myrtaceae, esp. the genus Eugenia. Frequently with distinguishing word.

A valuable timber-tree of Jamaica, Laurus (or Ceanothus) Chloroxylon.

the timber-tree or shrub Clethra tinifolia, native to the West Indies; also, a North American plant (see quot. 1771).

the balsa tree, Ochroma pyramidale, whose seed pods contain a silky fibre.

Any of several trees of the tropical genus Coccoloba (family Polygonaceae); esp. C. diversifolia of Florida and the Caribbean, which has a fleshy…

that breaks axes, as in break-axe tree Sloanea Jamaicensis.

(a name for) any of several various West Indian shrubs or trees of the genus Calliandra.

Nectandra sanguinea.

an evergreen timber-tree (Cordia Geraschanthus) of the West Indies.

a West Indian and South American tree (Cecropia peltata, N.O. Artocarpaceæ), with hollow stem and branches which are used for wind-instruments.

More fully ahuehuete tree. A Mexican cypress, Taxodium mucronatum (family Cupressaceae), which can attain great girth, commonly grown as an…

A pine tree of upland areas of Mexico and Central America, yielding very resinous wood; spec. Pinus oocarpa. Also: the wood of this tree. Frequently…

With distinguishing word: any of various other leguminous trees, chiefly of the genera Gleditsia and Robinia.

the Spanish cedar, Cedrela odorata; the wood of this tree.

Any of several Brazilian hardwood trees, esp. (more fully peroba rosa) Aspidosperma peroba and other members of the genus Aspidosperma (family Apocyn…

Any of various Latin American and Californian trees having hard, heavy wood used for construction, shipbuilding, etc.; esp. (a) the valley oak of…

Any of various tropical American hardwood trees belonging to Ocotea, Nectandra, and related genera of the laurel family, esp. (in full red louro)…

Any tree of the genus so called of moraceous trees of tropical America, including some species whose milky sap yields rubber.

In later use frequently as purpleheart. More fully purple heart tree. Any of the trees producing such wood.

A large South American timber-tree (Eperua falcata). Also attributive, as wallaba oil, wallaba tree.

= trumpet-tree n.

A gum-yielding timber tree, Bursera simaruba, found in Florida, Central America, and the West Indies.

Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Tabebuia (family Bignoniaceae) with showy, trumpet-shaped flowers in terminal clusters (also pou…

More fully red quebracho. Any of several South American trees of the genus Schinopsis (family Anacardiaceae), esp. S. lorentzii, with hard…

The wood of the South American timber-tree Brosimum Aubletii (or Piratinera guianensis), so called from its snake-like markings; letter-wood; also…

A West Indian evergreen tree, of either of two species of Podocarpus (P. coriacea and P. Purdieana, N.O. Taxaceæ), or its wood, used in cabinet-work…

In technical uses. (In full horseflesh wood, horseflesh mahogany.) The sabicu tree, Lysiloma Sabicu, a native of Bahama.

any of various tropical American trees of the genus Ormosia (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)), having bright red seeds used as beads; esp. O. monosperma…

In the names of plants occurring in Honduras or products obtained from them. the wood of a Central American rosewood, Dalbergia stevensonii…

A small tree of Brazil and Guyana, Humirium floribundum, the wood of which, turanira-wood n. is used for rafters; its bark is greatly esteemed as…

In full black soft-wood. A tree native to the islands of the Caribbean (probably Myrsine coriacea (family Myrsinaceae), which has leathery leaves…

(see quot.).

A bombaceous tree of tropical America, Ochroma lagopus; also, the wood of this tree, used for its extreme lightness. Also balsa tree, balsa wood. Cf…

More fully primavera mahogany. A tree of Mexico and Central America, Tabebuia donnell-smithii (family Bignoniaceae), with striking trumpet-shaped…

A deciduous southern beech, Nothofagus alpina (formerly N. procera), occurring in temperate regions of Chile and Argentina; (also) the reddish…

(a) a New Zealand tree, the Tarata; (b) a name for several tropical American trees or their light-coloured wood, esp. the Cuban Calycophyllum candidi…

(a) a South American tree (Aspidosperma excelsum), also called paddle-wood (cf. quot. 1866 at paddlewood, n.); (b) an Australian tree (Stenocarpus sin…

= gurgeon-stopper n. at gurgeon, n.; cf. stopper, n. 8.

a hardwood tree, Eugenia buxifolia, found in Florida and the West Indies; cf. stopper, n. 8.

The ornamental wood of either of two Brazilian trees: †(a) the tree Dicypellium caryophyllatum (family Lauraceae) (obsolete rare); (b) Brazilian…

Caribbean. A tree of the genus Eugenia.

the South American trumpet-tree (Cecropia peltata), whose leaves are eaten by the sloth.

A Brazilian tree of the genus Cecropia, esp. C. peltata, which has a hollow stem and yields a softwood timber; also called trumpet-tree, trumpet-wood…

a species of Central American cedar, esp. Cedrela mexicana, or its timber.

= purple heart, n. 1a and (rare) b. Chiefly U.S.

A large evergreen tree, Araucaria angustifolia (family Pinaceae), native to the high plateau region of south-western Brazil, Paraguay, and northern…

A Brazilian timber tree, Phoebe porosa, or the wood obtained from it.

= sense 4.

A hardwood tree of the genus Virola grown esp. in central America; also its timber.

A South American timber tree of the genus Enterolobium (family Leguminosæ) from which a soft red wood is obtained and used for making furniture.

A Brazilian timber tree, Virola bicuhyba; used attributively in becuiba nut n. the fruit of an aromatic Brazilian tree (Myristica bicuhyba) of the…