cow tree

British  

noun

1. a South American moraceous tree, Brosimum galactodendron, producing latex used as a substitute for milk

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Example Sentences

The symbolic meaning behind the transformations of the characters — satellite becomes girl, boy becomes cow, tree becomes a talking roll of toilet paper — might go over their heads.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2018

Cow In Eastern Guatemala, Dr. Samuel J. Record discovered a tree never before known to science, named it the cow tree.

From Time Magazine Archive

On hearing of these drawbacks the children soon decided that their own dear home was the best, and no longer envied the possessors even of the cow tree.

From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman

This he regards as identical with the cow tree of Caracas, of which Humboldt has given so graphic a description.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various

As originally printed: "as identical with the cow tree of Caraccas".

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various