A fruit-bearing Egyptian tree that was formerly sacred to the god Ra, probably Mimusops schimperi (family Sapotaceae). Also persea tree. Now histo…

Any of various tropical trees and large shrubs, chiefly of the family Malvaceae, which are valued for their fibrous bast; esp. (a) either of two…

†(a) U.S. sheep laurel, Kalmia angustifolia (obsolete); (b) chiefly Caribbean, any of several plants of the genus Cestrum (family Solanaceae)…

any of various mangroves, esp. Laguncularia racemosa, of Atlantic and eastern Pacific coasts, which has white flowers, and Avicennia marina, of…

(more fully maiden plum tree) any of several West Indian trees of the genus Comocladia (family Anacardiaceae); (formerly also) †the icaco, Chrysobal…

Any of several leguminous trees of the genus Andira; esp. the cabbage bark tree, A. inermis, which is native to tropical America. Also as a…

the American plant Cratæva gynandra.

= sense 1.

As the name of a plant. Originally Jamaican. More fully jack-in-the-box tree. Any of the evergreen broad-leaved trees of the pantropical genus Hern…

A small tree (Anona cherimolia), a native of Peru, with sweet-scented greenish flowers.

any of several plants of the family Fabaceae (Leguminosae) having inflated seed pods that rattle when dry; esp. the West Indian Crotalaria incana…

Either of two Jamaican trees of the family Araliaceae, Schefflera sciadophyllum and Dendropanax arboreus. Also galapee tree.

Any of several trees of the tropical American genus Melicoccus and closely related genus Talisia (family Sapindaceae), which have compound leaves and…

(more fully lace bark tree) any of various trees and shrubs having bast arranged in a reticulate pattern of strands, which can be used to make…

any of the shrubs and trees of the genus Heliocarpus (family Malvaceae), native to Central and South America, the members of which typically have…

(a) of the West Indies, Drypetes glauca; (b) an Australian rubiaceous timber-tree, Canthium latifolium, also called wild lemon; (c) the Carolina…

A tropical American tree, Omphalea triandra, of the family Euphorbiaceae; (also) the edible seeds of this tree.

(a) a small Jamaican tree, Spathelia sorbifolia (family Rutaceae), with showy purple flowers at the top of an unbranched stem; (b) U.S. a…

either of two fiddlewoods, Citharexylum quadrangulare and C. cinereum (family Verbenaceae), which are trees of the Caribbean region with small…

A tall tree, Mora excelsa (family Caesalpiniaceae (Leguminosae)), native to the Caribbean and tropical South America (also mora tree); the wood…

Frequently with distinguishing word. Any of several trees which produce a milky sap (latex) from which rubber is made; esp. (more fully Para rubbe…

Caribbean. Either of two Jamaican trees of the genus Dalbergia (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)), D. brownei and D. ecastaphyllum. Now rare.

With distinguishing word: bastard manchineel n. a Caribbean tree, Cameraria latifolia (family Apocynaceae). mountain manchineel: see mountain, n. adj.…

Either of two tropical South American trees of the genus Triplaris (family Polygalaceae), T. americana and T. weigeltiana, both having a tall…

Any of several South American trees of the genus Hevea (family Euphorbiaceae) which yield latex from which natural rubber is made; esp. the para…

(see quot. 1866).

any of several tropical trees associated with ghosts or spirits of dead people; esp. the leadtree, Leucaena leucocephala, and the kapok tree, Ceiba…

any of several tropical leguminous trees associated with ghosts or spirits of dead people; esp. the leadtree, Leucaena leucocephala; (also) a seed…

a large tropical American tree of the genus Mora (perhaps Mora excelsa) (see mora, n.4).

the lace-bark tree, Lagetta lintearia.

Caribbean. The tree mountain pride, Spathelia sorbifolia. Obsolete. rare.

A West Indian tree (see quots.).

a tree or shrub of the genus Bourreria (family Boraginaceae), found in the West Indies and tropical America.

name in Jamaica for the shrub Dodonæa viscosa, from the sour taste of its leaves.

An American tree, Parmentiera cerifera (family Crescentiaceæ): from the appearance of its fruit.

An unbranched, evergreen tree, Spathelia simplex (family Rutaceae), of Jamaica. rare.

A hardwood derived from tropical South American leguminous trees of the genus Dicorynia, which is highly resistant to decay and used in carpentry…

More fully poisonwood tree. Any of several kinds of poisonous tree: (a) the poison sumac, Toxicodendron vernix; (b) a related tree, Metopium toxiferum…

Any of several shrubby trees of the genus Pisonia (family Nyctaginaceae) of the West Indies and Florida; (also) the wood of such a tree.