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cow tree

cow tree noun: brosimum utile, a tree of South America that yields a nourishing milky fluid when cut.

Noun

cow tree (plural cow trees)

  1. Brosimum utile, a tree of South America that yields a nourishing milky fluid when cut.
  2. Couma macrocarpa in the family Apocynaceae, a tropical rainforest tree native to Colombia.
  3. Gymnema lactiferum (Ceylon cow tree).
  4. Manilkara bidentata (massaranduba).

Forms of cow tree

pluralcow trees

Origin of cow tree

Compare Spanish palo de vaca.

Questions about cow tree

What does cow tree mean?
Cow tree means brosimum utile, a tree of South America that yields a nourishing milky fluid when cut.
What part of speech is cow tree?
Cow tree is a noun.
What is the plural of cow tree?
The plural of cow tree is cow trees.

Words near cow tree in the dictionary

  1. cow tipper
  2. cow tippers
  3. cow tipping
  4. cow town
  5. cow towns
  6. cow tree
  7. cow trees
  8. cow vetch
  9. cow vetches
  10. cow weed
  11. cow weeds

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