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Webster 1913 Edition


Cow tree

Cow′ treeˊ

(kou′ tr?ˊ)
.
[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.