"milkwood" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: milkwoods [plural]
Etymology: milk + wood Etymology templates: {{compound|en|milk|wood}} milk + wood Head templates: {{en-noun}} milkwood (plural milkwoods)
  1. Any of a number of trees with milky sap:
    (South Africa) Sideroxylon inermis, the white milkwood
    Tags: South-Africa Categories (lifeform): Asterales order plants, Dogbane family plants, Sapote family plants
    Sense id: en-milkwood-en-noun-6EdmYHrH Disambiguation of Asterales order plants: 13 29 18 12 29 Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 12 31 21 9 27 Disambiguation of Sapote family plants: 18 23 21 16 22 Categories (other): South African English
  2. Any of a number of trees with milky sap:
    (South Africa) Mimusops zeyheri, the Transvaal red milkwood.
    Tags: South-Africa Categories (lifeform): Asterales order plants, Dogbane family plants, Sapote family plants Synonyms (Mimusops zeyheri): moepel [South-Africa]
    Sense id: en-milkwood-en-noun-behmDcBr Disambiguation of Asterales order plants: 13 29 18 12 29 Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 12 31 21 9 27 Disambiguation of Sapote family plants: 18 23 21 16 22 Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 28 21 14 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 35 21 7 20 Disambiguation of 'Mimusops zeyheri': 6 73 8 3 10
  3. Any of a number of trees with milky sap:
    (South Asia, Australia) Alstonia scholaris (scholar tree, milky pine), and other species in the genus Alstonia.
    Tags: Australia, South-Asia Categories (lifeform): Asterales order plants, Dogbane family plants, Sapote family plants
    Sense id: en-milkwood-en-noun-JBTOWjz1 Disambiguation of Asterales order plants: 13 29 18 12 29 Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 12 31 21 9 27 Disambiguation of Sapote family plants: 18 23 21 16 22 Categories (other): Australian English, South Asian English
  4. Any of a number of trees with milky sap:
    Trimeris scaevolifolia, a tree endemic to the Atlantic island of St. Helena.
    Categories (lifeform): Asterales order plants, Sapote family plants
    Sense id: en-milkwood-en-noun-Ava4rr5Z Disambiguation of Asterales order plants: 13 29 18 12 29 Disambiguation of Sapote family plants: 18 23 21 16 22
  5. Any of a number of trees with milky sap:
    Many species of the genus Tabernaemontana, that are native to the Americas.
    Categories (lifeform): Asterales order plants, Dogbane family plants, Sapote family plants
    Sense id: en-milkwood-en-noun-omMn7k4S Disambiguation of Asterales order plants: 13 29 18 12 29 Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 12 31 21 9 27 Disambiguation of Sapote family plants: 18 23 21 16 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hard milkwood

Inflected forms

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