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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)

  1. The true laurel (Laurus nobilis).
  2. The timber of the Jamaican tree Oreodaphne leucoxylon, or of various related trees.