sweetwood

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noun

The true laurel (Laurus nobilis).

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Meanings

nounsweetwood (countable and uncountable, plural sweetwoods)

plural sweetwoods

  1. countableuncountableThe true laurel (Laurus nobilis).
  2. countableuncountableThe timber of the Jamaican tree Oreodaphne leucoxylon, or of various related trees.
  3. countableuncountableOcotea floribunda and Ocotea leucoxylon
  4. countableuncountableLicaria triandra
  5. countableuncountableNectandra coriacea
  6. countableuncountableSideroxylon salicifolium

Origin

From sweet + wood.

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Cite this entry
APA

sweetwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetwood

MLA

“sweetwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetwood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweetwood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetwood.

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