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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In countries settled by the Spanish, a name applied to several trees which yield hard wood of good quality; in the Philippine Islands and on the Island of Guam, Calophyllum Inophyllum (see
bitanhol ); in the Philippine Islands, alsoKayea lepidota , of the Clusiaceæ; in Cuba and Porto Rico, Calophyllum Galba; in Yucatan, Sapota zapotilla; and at Acapulco and Vera Cruz, Mexico, Cordia Gerascanthus, of the borage family.
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