Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Wood.
  • noun Same as gulancha. Also giloe and galo.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Sp. Amer. A pole or timber of any kind; -- in the names of trees.

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Examples

  • Being almost destitute of chemical tests, * we contented ourselves with filling at the spring two bottles, which were sent, along with the nourishing milk of the tree called palo de vaca, to MM.

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • Other timber proposals that CITES governments will consider at this conference include Brazilian rosewood and holy wood (also known as palo santo), both of which are also valued for their oils by the cosmetics industry.

    WWF - Environmental News 2010

  • Lower elevation areas are dominated by dense communities of creosote and white bursage, but on slopes and higher portions of bajadas, subtrees such as palo verde (Cercidium floridum, C. microphyllum) and ironwood (Olneya tesota), saguaros (Carnegiea gigantia), and other tall cacti are abundant.

    Sonoran desert 2009

  • Dominating the vegetation are large stem-succulents, particularly the massive cardón (Pachycereus pringlei, a giant relative of the saguaro), and trees such as palo verde, tree ocotillo (Fouquieria diguetii and F. macdougalii), ironwood, elephant tree (Bursera spp.), and limberbush (Jatropha spp.); the trees are leafless most of the time.

    Subdivisions of the Sonoran Desert 2009

  • The plan features 300 mostly native trees, such as palo verdes and sweet acacias, planted in depressed areas amid the 620 parking spaces.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • The plan features 300 mostly native trees, such as palo verdes and sweet acacias, planted in depressed areas amid the 620 parking spaces.

    The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines 2009

  • I evaporated some of the water of Mariara, and it yielded only a very small residuum, which, digested with nitric acid, appeared to contain only a little silica and extractive vegetable matter.) we contented ourselves with filling at the spring two bottles, which were sent, along with the nourishing milk of the tree called palo de vaca, to MM.

    Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

  • I have the palo azul wood chips i just dont know how to brew it!?

    El Museo Summer Programs 2010 « 2010

  • The Mayan Indians of Guatemala perform a flying pole dance, palo voladare, in honor of the old, indigenous pre-Columbian sun god.

    Donna Henes: Winter Solstice: Anniversary Celebration of Creation Donna Henes 2011

  • Iguanas have been used as a food source in Central and South America for the past 7,000 years and are still used as a source of meat; often referred to as gallina de palo, "bamboo chicken" or "chicken of the tree," because they are said to taste like chicken.

    The Three Eyed Iguanas of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 2009

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