Cow tree

(thing) by EverybodysCyclopedia (8.7 mon) Wed Jul 24 2002 at 22:35:27

Cow Tree, one of various trees yielding a highly nutritious juice, chemically akin to cow's milk. The best known are the South American, Brosimum Galactodendron, and the Tabernaemontana utilis.

Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:46:50

Cow" tree` (kou" tr?`). [Cf. SP. palo de vaca.] Bot.

A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk.

 

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