Definition of Joewood

1. Noun. West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood.

Exact synonyms: Barbasco, Jacquinia Keyensis
Group relationships: Genus Jacquinia, Jacquinia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Definition of Joewood

1. Noun. ''Jacquinia keyensis'', a perennial North American tree. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Joewood

jodellers
jodelling
jodels
jodhpur
jodhpur boot
jodhpur breeches
jodhpur shoe
jodhpurs
jodies
jody calls
joe
joe-pye weed
joe jobs
joes
joesmithite
joewood (current term)
joewoods
joey
joey word
joey words
joeys
jog
jog trot
jogathon
jogathons
jogged
jogger
joggers
joggin'

Literary usage of Joewood

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

1. Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States: Their Names and Ranges by George Bishop Sudworth (1898)
"joewood. RANGE.—Off the coast of southern Florida (Sanibel Islands to southern keys and Everglades); Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, and northern Urazil ..."

2. The Everglades and Other Essays Relating to Southern Florida by John Clayton Gifford (1912)
"joewood. According to Nash, in the Bahamas the bark is mixed with lime, placed in a bag and put in the water ..."

3. The American Journal of Forestry edited by Franklin Benjamin Hough (1883)
"... it as of commercial value, and have undoubted evidence of its poisonous properties, in even attempting to work up the well seasoned trunk. The joewood ..."

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