SWEETWOODS

Noun

sweetwoods

plural of sweetwood

Source: Wiktionary


SWEETWOOD

Sweet"wood`, n. (Bot.) (a) The true laurel (Laurus nobilis.) (b) The timber of the tree Oreodaphne Leucoxylon, growing in Jamaica. The name is also applied to the timber of several other related trees.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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