milkwood
English
Etymology
milk + wood
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)