Dictionary

tallowwood en · NOUN

Etymology

From tallow + wood.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) An Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus microcorys, whose wood has a greasy feel when cut
2. (uncountable, usually) Ximenia americana, a tree of the tropics bearing cherished fruits.
3. (broadly, uncommon, uncountable, usually) The tropical fruit-tree genus Ximenia.
   • The Tallowwood family numbers about 27 genera and nearly 150 species of trees, shrubs and lianas scattered throughout the tropical forests of the world. […] The tallowwoods Ximenia L. These are a small genus comprising five species of widely distributed tropical trees and shrubs. One of them, X. americana L., extends northward into southern Florida. Tallowwood hog-plum Ximenia americana L. 1946, Ellwood Scott Harrar, Jacob George Harrar, Guide to Southern Trees, 2nd edition, New York: Dover Publications, published 1962, →ISBN, page 263:

Forms

Deriveds

Tallowwood Ridge · tallow wood plum · tallow-wood plum · tallowwood plum · tallowwood hog-plum

Synonyms

mountain plum

Translations (1)

sn mutsvanzvabere (Ximenia plant)