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- noun genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwood
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_brya_, or catkins attract the bees, as do also the leaves (especially of the black) more tenacious of the meldews than most forest-trees, the oak excepted.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663
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