Cheesewood

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any plant of various species:; Alstonia scholaris (blackboard tree, scholar tree, milkwood, devil's tree, white cheesewood). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Any plant of various species:; Melodorum fruticosum (white cheesewood). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Any plant of various species:; Pittosporum species. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Any plant of various species:; Nauclea orientalis (Leichhardt tree, yellow cheesewood, Canary cheesewood). countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
waddywood

Etymology

From cheese + wood.

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