tallowwoods

Noun

tallowwood (usually uncountable, plural tallowwoods)

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

   Synonyms:

   mountain plum

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