Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small West Indian rubiaceous tree, Exostema Caribæum. See Exostema, Caribbean bark (under bark), and seaside beech (under beech).
  • noun A light-veined brown West Indian wood, the product of Cordia gerascanthoides and Hamelia ventricosa — the latter also called Spanish elm.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) The wood of two small tropical American trees (Hamelia ventricosa, and Cordia gerascanthoides). It is brownish, veined with lighter color.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The wood of various rubiaceous trees, including Hamelia ventricosa, Cordia gerascanthoides, and Exostema caribaeum.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood
  • noun tropical American timber tree

Etymologies

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prince +‎ wood

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