milkwood

[ milk-woo d ]
/ ˈmɪlkˌwʊd /

noun

any of various trees having a milky juice, as Pseudomedia spuria, of Jamaica.

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Origin of milkwood

First recorded in 1860–65; milk + wood1

Words nearby milkwood

milkweed beetle, milkweed bug, milkweed butterfly, milkweed family, milkweed tortoise beetle, milkwood, milkwort, milky, milky disease, milky way, mill
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