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Definition of Devilwood
1. Noun. Small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits.
Group relationships: Genus Osmanthus, Osmanthus
Generic synonyms: Tree
Definition of Devilwood
1. n. A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive.
Definition of Devilwood
1. Noun. (botany) A tree, ''Osmanthus americanus'', allied to the European olive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Devilwood
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Devilwood
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Devilwood
Literary usage of Devilwood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1894)
"The forests of this maritime area are composed chiefly of broad-leaf evergreen
trees: water oak, laurel oak, live oak, devilwood, mock-orange, smooth sweet ..."
2. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"254, 2 c. DEVIL'S WALL, Roman remains, VI. 57. devilwood, American olive, XII.
618, 1 b. Devil worshippers, of southern India, XL 646, ..."
3. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"... rod bay. dahoon holly, yaupon, wax myrtles, ti-ti, American olive or devilwood,
leatherwood, and large oaks with persistent leaves (live oak, etc. ..."
4. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"devilwood. Wild along the coast from N. Car., S. ; small tree, with lance-oblong
and entire very smooth green leaves (3'-<J' long), and spherical ..."
5. Heroes of the Argonne: An Authentic History of the Thirty-fifth Division by Charles B. Hoyt (1919)
"It had not yet seen the Second Division and the Marines fight their way through
the tangled underbrush and devilwood of Belleau. ..."
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