MILKWOOD

Etymology

Noun

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, the scholar tree, 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

• (Mimusops zeyheri): moepel (South Africa)

Source: Wiktionary



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