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Webster 1913 Edition

Stavewood

Stave′woodˊ

(stāv′woŏdˊ)

,

Noun.

(Bot.)

A tall tree (

Simaruba amara

) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.

Definition 2024

stavewood

stavewood

English

Noun

stavewood ‎(usually uncountable, plural stavewoods)

Simaruba amara, a tall tree of tropical America, one of the trees that yield quassia.