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