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cow tree

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noun

  1. a South American moraceous tree, Brosimum galactodendron, producing latex used as a substitute for milk

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Then there is the cow tree, which yields a delicious creamy milk.

From Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 07, February 15, 1914 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

And now," said Miss Harson, "the last of these useful trees--the cow tree, or milk tree--is the most curious one of all.

From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman

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