milkwood

plural milkwoods

1. Any of a number of trees with milky sap:
   1. South AfricaSideroxylon inermis, the white milkwood
   2. South AfricaMimusops zeyheri, the Transvaal red milkwood.

      Synonyms: moepel

   3. AustraliaSouth AsiaAlstonia scholaris (scholar tree, milky pine), and other species in the genus Alstonia.
   4. Trimeris scaevolifolia, a tree endemic to the Atlantic island of St. Helena.
   5. Many species of the genus Tabernaemontana, that are native to the Americas.