stavewood

English

Etymology

From stave +‎ wood.

Noun

stavewood (usually uncountable, plural stavewoods)

1. Simarouba amara or Quassia amara, a tall tree of tropical America, one of the trees that yield quassia.

References

• “stavewood”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.