cow tree

See also: cow-tree

English

Etymology

Compare Spanish palo de vaca.

Noun

cow tree (plural cow trees)

  1. Any trees in several species:
    1. Brosimum utile, a tree of South America that yields a nourishing milky fluid when cut.
    2. Couma macrocarpa in the family Apocynaceae, a tropical rainforest tree native to Colombia.
    3. Gymnema lactiferum (Ceylon cow tree).
    4. Manilkara bidentata (massaranduba).
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