Lexic.us

Definition of Santa Maria tree

1. Noun. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Santa Maria Tree

Literary usage of Santa Maria tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hortus Jamaicensis, Or, A Botanical Description, (according to the Linnean by John Lunan (1814)
"... they only operated when in a green state. SANTA MARIA LEAF—See COLT'S FOOT. *• ~ -„J 'Santa Maria tree. CALOPHYLLUM, CL. 13, OR. 1. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"... measured three feet long, by two feet across, and about twelve inches thick, and was suspended from a lateral branch of a lofty Santa Maria tree. ..."

3. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1882)
"... others the braces and rafters and ridge-pole, mostly of the slim, durable Santa Maria tree. Perhaps half a day was consumed in gathering the materials, ..."

4. Hortus Jamaicensis, Or, A Botanical Description, (according to the Linnean by John Lunan (1814)
"... they only operated when in a green state. SANTA MARIA LEAF—See COLT'S FOOT. *• ~ -„J 'Santa Maria tree. CALOPHYLLUM, CL. 13, OR. 1. ..."

5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"... measured three feet long, by two feet across, and about twelve inches thick, and was suspended from a lateral branch of a lofty Santa Maria tree. ..."

6. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1882)
"... others the braces and rafters and ridge-pole, mostly of the slim, durable Santa Maria tree. Perhaps half a day was consumed in gathering the materials, ..."

Other Resources: