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‖ Santa Maria|ˈsanta maˈria| [Sp. = Saint Mary.] The calaba-tree, Calophyllum Calaba, of tropical America, and its timber.
1696Sloane Catal. Plant. Jamaica 180 Bastard Mammee Tree or Santa Maria. 1756P. Browne Jamaica 372 The Santa Maria..is reckoned pretty good timber-wood. 1827O. W. Roberts Voy. Centr. Amer. 178 Very stout timbers of the wild calabash, bally or Santamaria Wood. 1894Outing (U.S.) XXIII. 353/2 Strong posts of indestructible santa maria. |