milkwood

American

[milk-wood] / ˈmɪlkˌwʊd /

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of milkwood

First recorded in 1860–65; milk + wood ¹

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Arthur Koo-ekka Pambegan Jr’s Flying Fox Story Place, for example, is a collection of carved milkwood sculptures in polymer paint and traditional ochre pigments; arresting in its size, beauty and narrative.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2013

All the vegetation is matted and interwoven, only the topmost branches of the milkwood escaping from the clinging, aspiring vines.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield

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