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Webster 1913 Edition
Sweetwood
Sweet′woodˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
(a)
The true laurel (
Laurus nobilis
.) (b)
The timber of the tree
Oreodaphne Leucoxylon
, growing in Jamaica. The name is also applied to the timber of several other related trees. Definition 2024
sweetwood
sweetwood
English
Noun
sweetwood (countable and uncountable, plural sweetwoods)
- The true laurel (Laurus nobilis).
- The timber of the Jamaican tree Oreodaphne leucoxylon, or of various related trees.