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

Brosimum galactodendron.—The cow tree of South America, which yields a milk of as good quality as that from the cow.

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

Bredemeyer saw, like us, the fruit, and not the flower of the cow tree.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von

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