Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A polygonaceous genus of plants of tropical America, comprising about 80 species of trees, shrubs, or tall woody climbers.
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A second species is said to be extracted from the Eucalyptus resinifera of New South Wales; while a third variety, which isbrought from the West Indies, has by some writers been as - cribed to the coccoloba uvifera, and by otliers to the mahogany*.
Medico-Chirurgical Transanction The Medical and Chirurgical Society of London 1812
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