Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Calophyllum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a West Indian tree (
Calophyllum calaba ) having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice
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Examples
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-- This is called calaba tree in the West Indies, and an oil, fit for burning, is expressed from the seeds.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861
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In the wetter areas the baría (Callophylum calaba), copey (Clusia rosea), mangle rojo (Rhizophora mangle), and mangle botón (Conocarpus erecta) predominate.
Enriquillo wetlands 2008
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It has been mistaken for the _tacamahaca_ of India, which, however, is a product of the _C. calaba_, L.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Calophyllum calaba, five species of palm-trees (the palma real, or
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Tliey have no diftruft, for they leave the doors of their huts always open, though they have cotton, calaba (hes, and a iort of aloes, of which they make thread, and feveral other fmall matters that they trade with, which might be eafily Itoleiw They go naked, and paint their bodies with a red drug, called rocu.
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