milkwood

American  

[milk-wood] / ˈmɪlkˌwʊd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of milkwood

First recorded in 1860–65; milk + wood ¹

Example Sentences

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

Sapium, sā′pi-um, n. a genus of apetalous plants belonging to the Euphorbiace�, including the Jamaica milkwood or gum-tree, &c.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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 Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)