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Bitterwood
noun · 78% connection
A West Indian tree (Picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Bully tree
unknown · 78% connection
The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yiel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Catalpa
noun · 78% connection
A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North Amer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Cherokees
n. pl. · 78% connection
An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly sett…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Cocus wood
unknown · 78% connection
A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Conch
noun · 78% connection
A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Copaiva
noun · 78% connection
A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South Ameri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Courbaril
noun · 78% connection
West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Eugenia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Frankincense
noun · 78% connection
A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Grugru palm
unknown · 78% connection
A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. See Macaw tree, under Macaw.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Halesia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, dr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Indian
adjective · 78% connection
Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Jacaranda
noun · 78% connection
The native Brazilian name for certain leguminous trees, which produce the beautiful woods called king wood, tiger wood, and violet woo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Lancewood
noun · 78% connection
A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Laserwort
noun · 78% connection
Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Laserpitium, of several species (as L. glabrum, and L. siler), the root of which yields a resinou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Laurus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madei…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
Lignum rhodium
unknown · 78% connection
The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amy…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wood, several, west, indian, trees.
