milkwood
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]milkwood (plural milkwoods)
- Any of a number of trees with milky sap:
- (South Africa) Sideroxylon inermis, the white milkwood
- (South Africa) Mimusops zeyheri, the Transvaal red milkwood.
- (South Asia, Australia) Alstonia scholaris (scholar tree, milky pine), and other species in the genus Alstonia.
- Trimeris scaevolifolia, a tree endemic to the Atlantic island of St. Helena.
- Many species of the genus Tabernaemontana, that are native to the Americas.
Synonyms
[edit]- (Mimusops zeyheri): moepel (South Africa)