tallowwood

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Etymology

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From tallow +‎ wood.

Noun

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tallowwood (usually uncountable, plural tallowwoods)

  1. An Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus microcorys, whose wood has a greasy feel when cut
  2. Ximenia americana, a tree of the tropics bearing cherished fruits.
    Synonym: mountain plum
  3. (uncommon, by extension) The tropical fruit-tree genus Ximenia.
    • 1946, Ellwood Scott Harrar, Jacob George Harrar, Guide to Southern Trees, 2nd edition, New York: Dover Publications, published 1962, →ISBN, page 263:
      The Tallowwood family numbers about 27 genera and nearly 150 species of trees, shrubs and lianas scattered throughout the tropical forests of the world. […]
      The tallowwoods
      Ximenia L.
      These are a small genus comprising five species of widely distributed tropical trees and shrubs. One of them, X. americana L., extends northward into southern Florida.
      Tallowwood hog-plum
      Ximenia americana L.

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