tallowwood

English

Alternative forms

• tallow wood, tallow-wood

Etymology

From tallow +‎ wood.

Noun

tallowwood (usually uncountable, plural tallowwoods)

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

   Synonym: mountain plum

3. (uncommon, by extension) The tropical fruit-tree genus Ximenia.
   • 1946, Ellwood Scott Harrar, Jacob George Harrar, Guide to Southern Trees, 2nd edition, New York: Dover Publications, published 1962, →ISBN, page 263:

     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.

Derived terms

• tallowwood plum, tallow-wood plum, tallow wood plum (Ximenia americana)
• tallowwood hog-plum (Ximenia americana)