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Definition of Calaba
1. Noun. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
Group relationships: Calophyllum, Genus Calophyllum
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calaba
Literary usage of Calaba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"calaba tree, ENG., Calophyllum calaba, Linn. ... Calophyllum spurium, Choisy, syn.
of Calophyllum calaba, Linn. ..."
2. Outlines of botany by Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1835)
"The flowers of these plants are remarkable for their fragrance, and an oil is
expressed from their seeds which is used for burning ; that from C. calaba is ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"calaba.] This lofty tree is commonly called mastic : it is a hard wood, and is
found in the places where the ..."
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