Santa Marian.
/ˈsanta maˈria/ The calaba-tree, Calophyllum Calaba, of tropical America, and its timber.
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1696 H. Sloane Catal. Plantarum in Jamaica 180 Bastard Mammee Tree or Santa Maria.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 372 The Santa Maria..is reckoned pretty good timber-wood.
1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 178 Very stout timbers of the wild calabash, bally or Santamaria Wood.
1894 Outing 23 353/2 Strong posts of indestructible santa maria.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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