stavewood
English
Etymology
Noun
stavewood (usually uncountable, plural stavewoods)
- Simarouba amara or Quassia amara, a tall tree of tropical America, one of the trees that yield quassia.
References
- “stavewood”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.