milkwoodn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪlkwʊd/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlkˌwʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.¹, wood n.¹

Etymology: < milk n.¹ + wood n.¹

Any of various trees having a milky sap; esp. (a) Jamaican the tree Pseudolmedia spuria (family Moraceae); (b) South African any of several trees of the family Sapotaceae, esp. (more fully white milkwood), Sideroxylon inerme, a low-growing tree bearing creamy flowers and round, purple-black fruit, and (more fully red milkwood) any of several shrubs and trees of the genus Mimusops, esp. M. obovata, M. caffra, and M. zeyheri; cf. melkhout n.; (c) Australian any of several trees of the family Apocynaceae, esp. Alstonia scholaris. Also: the wood of any of these trees.

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milkwood1696

bignonia1719

Molucca balm1731

gunnera1789

lantana1791

aubrietia1829

zebrina1846

alocasia1858

billbergia1858

prickly thrift1866

bocconia1867

prickly rhubarb1895

prayer plant1951

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African

shittima1382

citrus1555

cam-wood1699

jacaranda1753

kokerboom1774

quiver tree1789

geelhout1790

rooihout1790

yellowwood1790

mat-wood1792

assegai1793

assegai tree1793

hardpear1801

rooi els1801

argan1809

beaver-wood1810

mat tree1812

saffraan1819

salie1819

sneezewood1834

African teak1842

hyawaballi1851

sage-wood1854

mvule1858

til1858

yari-yari1858

cannibal stinkwood1859

kiaat1862

knobwood1862

milkwood1862

tryssil1862

sulphur-tree1863

khaya1864

cailcedra1866

flat-crown1868

umzimbeet1870

kuka1882

odum1887

iroko1890

opepe1891

Natal mahogany1904

muhimbi1906

obeche1906

agba1908

makoré1915

afara1920

agboin1920

abura1921

podo1922

afrormosia1923

guarea1936

Mansonia1936

dahoma1955

utile1956

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > melaleuca tree or shrub

Melaleuca1777

paperbark1841

cajuput tree1876

milkwood1889

niaouli1943

1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 136 Laurifolia arbor venenata... Milk-wood.

1759 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 7) at Bignonia Tree Milkwood, having Pods, with five Leaves,..commonly called in America, White or Milkwood, and Tulip Flower.

1815 J. Mackrill Diary 119 Milk Wood is the Sideroxylon inerme.

1833 S. Afr. Almanac & Directory 195 For Wagon-work, the following are selected:—Fellies, White Pear; Spokes, Assegai or Red Milk-wood.

1862 L. Pappe Silva Capensis (ed. 2) 24 Sideroxylon Inerme Lin. (Milk-wood; Melkhout)... Wood whitish, very hard, close, and durable.

1880 R. Rose Austral. Guide: Queensland 17 The tulip wood is one greatly admired in cabinet work, so also is the milk-wood.

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 570 Melaleuca leucadendron... Called ‘Milkwood’ in the Northern Territory.

1907 T. R. Sim Forests & Forest Flora Cape Good Hope 252 Sideroxylon inerme. (White Milkwood).

1932 J. M. Watt & M. G. Breyer-Brandwijk Med. & Poisonous Plants S. Afr. 137 The Zulus take an infusion of the bark of Sideroxylon inerme L., White milkwood, Wit melkhout, Jakkals~bessie..to dispel bad dreams.

1951 N. L. King Tree-planting 69 Mimusops caffra (Red milkwood). A small tree. Occurs on sand dunes along the coast in eastern Cape.

1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World xxx. 283/2 The red milkwood of South Africa (M[imusops] obovata) grows up to 50 feet in height with a trunk up to 2 feet in diameter.

1987 T. F. J. Rensburg Introd. Fynbos 20 Trees are scarce, but white milkwood (Sideroxylon inerme) occurs as patches of low scrub in protected places.

Compounds

milkwood-tree n. = sense 1.

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persea1601

mahoe1666

poison berry1672

white mangrove1683

maiden plum1696

angelin1704

garlic-pear1725

milkwood-tree1725

Jack-in-the-box1735

cherimoya1736

rattle bush1750

galapee1756

genip1756

lace bark1756

sunfruit1787

wild orange1802

hog-nut1814

mountain pride1814

savannah wattle1814

mora1825

rubber tree1826

mayflower1837

bastard manchineel1838

long john1838

seringa1847

sack tree1849

jumbie tree1860

jumbie bean1862

king-tree1863

gauze-tree1864

mountain green1864

snowdrop tree1864

strong bark1864

switch-sorrel1864

candle-tree1866

maypole1866

angelique1873

poisonwood1884

porkwood1884

1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 21 Milk-wood Tree. The bark of this tree being deeply gash'd yields a great quantity of milk.

1887 H. W. Daly Digging, Squatting, & Pioneering Life S. Austral. 43 Ironbark trees, casuarinas, and the bright green milkwood tree grew here.

1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. i. 37 On Timana are gigantic milkwood trees (Alstonia scholaris) which need great flying buttresses to support their immense height.

1928 D. Cottrell Singing Gold III. i. 191 A thin ribbon of smoke showed against great milkwood trees.

1946 L. G. Green So Few are Free (1948) x. 137 Vaillant noted a large milkwood tree growing out of a rocky crevice.

1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. III. 1737 The wooden rails of the little railway on the Durban Bluff in the early days..were hewn out of milkwood trees.

1987 S. Afr. Panorama Nov. 38/1 Although doubt exists as to just where the first letters were left by the Portuguese for returning ships' captains, it is generally accepted that it was somewhere within the branches of a vast sprawling milkwood tree generally known as the ‘Post Office Tree’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	milkwood
释义	milkwoodn. Brit. /ˈmɪlkwʊd/, U.S. /ˈmɪlkˌwʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.¹, wood n.¹ Etymology: < milk n.¹ + wood n.¹ Any of various trees having a milky sap; esp. (a) Jamaican the tree Pseudolmedia spuria (family Moraceae); (b) South African any of several trees of the family Sapotaceae, esp. (more fully white milkwood), Sideroxylon inerme, a low-growing tree bearing creamy flowers and round, purple-black fruit, and (more fully red milkwood) any of several shrubs and trees of the genus Mimusops, esp. M. obovata, M. caffra, and M. zeyheri; cf. melkhout n.; (c) Australian any of several trees of the family Apocynaceae, esp. Alstonia scholaris. Also: the wood of any of these trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > other ornamental plants milkwood1696 bignonia1719 Molucca balm1731 gunnera1789 lantana1791 aubrietia1829 zebrina1846 alocasia1858 billbergia1858 prickly thrift1866 bocconia1867 prickly rhubarb1895 prayer plant1951 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African shittima1382 citrus1555 cam-wood1699 jacaranda1753 kokerboom1774 quiver tree1789 geelhout1790 rooihout1790 yellowwood1790 mat-wood1792 assegai1793 assegai tree1793 hardpear1801 rooi els1801 argan1809 beaver-wood1810 mat tree1812 saffraan1819 salie1819 sneezewood1834 African teak1842 hyawaballi1851 sage-wood1854 mvule1858 til1858 yari-yari1858 cannibal stinkwood1859 kiaat1862 knobwood1862 milkwood1862 tryssil1862 sulphur-tree1863 khaya1864 cailcedra1866 flat-crown1868 umzimbeet1870 kuka1882 odum1887 iroko1890 opepe1891 Natal mahogany1904 muhimbi1906 obeche1906 agba1908 makoré1915 afara1920 agboin1920 abura1921 podo1922 afrormosia1923 guarea1936 Mansonia1936 dahoma1955 utile1956 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > melaleuca tree or shrub Melaleuca1777 paperbark1841 cajuput tree1876 milkwood1889 niaouli1943 1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 136 Laurifolia arbor venenata... Milk-wood. 1759 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 7) at Bignonia Tree Milkwood, having Pods, with five Leaves,..commonly called in America, White or Milkwood, and Tulip Flower. 1815 J. Mackrill Diary 119 Milk Wood is the Sideroxylon inerme. 1833 S. Afr. Almanac & Directory 195 For Wagon-work, the following are selected:—Fellies, White Pear; Spokes, Assegai or Red Milk-wood. 1862 L. Pappe Silva Capensis (ed. 2) 24 Sideroxylon Inerme Lin. (Milk-wood; Melkhout)... Wood whitish, very hard, close, and durable. 1880 R. Rose Austral. Guide: Queensland 17 The tulip wood is one greatly admired in cabinet work, so also is the milk-wood. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 570 Melaleuca leucadendron... Called ‘Milkwood’ in the Northern Territory. 1907 T. R. Sim Forests & Forest Flora Cape Good Hope 252 Sideroxylon inerme. (White Milkwood). 1932 J. M. Watt & M. G. Breyer-Brandwijk Med. & Poisonous Plants S. Afr. 137 The Zulus take an infusion of the bark of Sideroxylon inerme L., White milkwood, Wit melkhout, Jakkals~bessie..to dispel bad dreams. 1951 N. L. King Tree-planting 69 Mimusops caffra (Red milkwood). A small tree. Occurs on sand dunes along the coast in eastern Cape. 1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World xxx. 283/2 The red milkwood of South Africa (M[imusops] obovata) grows up to 50 feet in height with a trunk up to 2 feet in diameter. 1987 T. F. J. Rensburg Introd. Fynbos 20 Trees are scarce, but white milkwood (Sideroxylon inerme) occurs as patches of low scrub in protected places. Compounds milkwood-tree n. = sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others persea1601 mahoe1666 poison berry1672 white mangrove1683 maiden plum1696 angelin1704 garlic-pear1725 milkwood-tree1725 Jack-in-the-box1735 cherimoya1736 rattle bush1750 galapee1756 genip1756 lace bark1756 sunfruit1787 wild orange1802 hog-nut1814 mountain pride1814 savannah wattle1814 mora1825 rubber tree1826 mayflower1837 bastard manchineel1838 long john1838 seringa1847 sack tree1849 jumbie tree1860 jumbie bean1862 king-tree1863 gauze-tree1864 mountain green1864 snowdrop tree1864 strong bark1864 switch-sorrel1864 candle-tree1866 maypole1866 angelique1873 poisonwood1884 porkwood1884 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 21 Milk-wood Tree. The bark of this tree being deeply gash'd yields a great quantity of milk. 1887 H. W. Daly Digging, Squatting, & Pioneering Life S. Austral. 43 Ironbark trees, casuarinas, and the bright green milkwood tree grew here. 1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. i. 37 On Timana are gigantic milkwood trees (Alstonia scholaris) which need great flying buttresses to support their immense height. 1928 D. Cottrell Singing Gold III. i. 191 A thin ribbon of smoke showed against great milkwood trees. 1946 L. G. Green So Few are Free (1948) x. 137 Vaillant noted a large milkwood tree growing out of a rocky crevice. 1973 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. III. 1737 The wooden rails of the little railway on the Durban Bluff in the early days..were hewn out of milkwood trees. 1987 S. Afr. Panorama Nov. 38/1 Although doubt exists as to just where the first letters were left by the Portuguese for returning ships' captains, it is generally accepted that it was somewhere within the branches of a vast sprawling milkwood tree generally known as the ‘Post Office Tree’. 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