milkwood

noun

: any of several trees or shrubs having abundant latex: such as

a

: a moraceous tree (Pseudolmedia spuria) of tropical America

b

: a tree (Sapium laurofolium) of Jamaica that resembles a cactus

called also Jamaica milkwood

c

: a West Indian poisonous shrub (Rauwolfia canesceus)

d

: a timber tree (Sideroxylon inerme) of southern Africa

e

Australia : paperbark

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