tallowwood

plural tallowwoods · alternative tallow wood · alternative tallow-wood

1. uncountableusuallyAn Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus microcorys, whose wood has a greasy feel when cut
2. uncountableusuallyXimenia americana, a tree of the tropics bearing cherished fruits.

   Synonyms: mountain plum

3. broadlyuncommonuncountableusuallyThe tropical fruit-tree genus Ximenia.

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   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