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

Higson met with two species of cow tree, which he states to be abundant in the deep and humid woods of the provinces of Choc� and Popay�n.

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

In South America the cow tree is called Palo de Vaca, or Arbol de Leche.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William