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noun
Any of a number of trees with milky sap:
Sideroxylon inermis, the white milkwood
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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noun
Any of a number of trees with milky sap:
Mimusops zeyheri, the Transvaal red milkwood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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noun
Any of a number of trees with milky sap:
Alstonia scholaris (scholar tree, milky pine), and other species in the genus Alstonia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, South-Asia
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noun
Any of a number of trees with milky sap:
Trimeris scaevolifolia, a tree endemic to the Atlantic island of St. Helena.
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noun
Any of a number of trees with milky sap:
Many species of the genus Tabernaemontana, that are native to the Americas.
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History
From milk + wood.
