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pisonia
(wn) | Pisonia
n 1: genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some
vines; mainly America [syn: Pisonia, genus Pisonia] |
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Pisonia obtusata
(gcide) | Porkwood \Pork"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree
(Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies. Also
called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood.
[1913 Webster]Blolly \Blol"ly\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A shrub or small tree of southern Florida and the West
Indies (Pisonia obtusata) with smooth oval leaves and a
hard, 10-ribbed fruit.
(b) The rubiaceous shrub Chicocca racemosa, of the same
region.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Pisonia subcordata
(gcide) | Loblolly \Lob"lol`ly\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.
[1913 Webster]
Loblolly bay (Bot.), an elegant white-flowered evergreen
shrub or small tree, of the genus Gordonia ({Gordonia
Lasianthus}), growing in the maritime parts of the
Southern United States. Its bark is sometimes used in
tanning. Also, a similar West Indian tree ({Laplacea
h[ae]matoxylon}).
Loblolly boy, a surgeon's attendant on shipboard.
--Smollett.
Loblolly pine (Bot.), a kind of pitch pine found from
Delaware southward along the coast; old field pine ({Pinus
T[ae]da}). Also, Pinus Bahamensis, of the West Indies.
Loblolly tree (Bot.), a name of several West Indian trees,
having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no
other respect; as Pisonia subcordata, Cordia alba, and
Cupania glabra.
[1913 Webster] |
genus pisonia
(wn) | genus Pisonia
n 1: genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some
vines; mainly America [syn: Pisonia, genus Pisonia] |
pisonia
(wn) | Pisonia
n 1: genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some
vines; mainly America [syn: Pisonia, genus Pisonia] |
pisonia aculeata
(wn) | Pisonia aculeata
n 1: small spiny West Indian tree [syn: cockspur, {Pisonia
aculeata}] |
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