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Definition of Palo santo
1. Noun. South American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense.
Group relationships: Bulnesia, Genus Bulnesia
Terms within: Guaiac Wood, Guaiacum Wood
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palo Santo
Literary usage of Palo santo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The River Pilcomayo from Its Discharge Into the River Paraguay to Parallel by Gunnar Anfin Lange, Argentina Ministerio de Argricultura (1906)
"515 Timbo, palo borracho, a few palo santo, great variety of trees, ... 538 Dense
forest on both sides, much quebracho; palo santo, jacaranda. ..."
2. A Traveler's Guide to the Galapagos Islands by Barry Boyce (2004)
"palo santo In an effort to conserve moisture, these trees are leafless for much
of the year. They have a lichen-covered bark which is silvery-grey in ..."
3. A Traveler's Guide to the Galapagos Islands by Barry Boyce (2004)
"palo santo In an effort to conserve moisture, these trees are leafless for much
of the year. They have a lichen-covered bark which is silvery-grey in ..."
4. Eight Months on the Gran Chaco of the Argentine Republic by Juan Pelleschi (1886)
"... or of the palo-santo and the excessively dry patai algarrobo. With regard to
agriculture it is unfortunate, but as we have seen, not the less certain, ..."
5. The Technologist (1861)
"Her cargo consisted of cedar, ' palo santo,' hides, cheese, ... The wood called '
palo santo ' is very rare, and similar in appearance to the " caoba " of ..."
6. Kino's Historical Memoir of Pimería Alta: A Contemporary Account of the by Eusebio Francisco Kino, Herbert Eugene Bolton (1919)
"There is an abundance of trees, which the Chinese, from the knowledge which they
have of those in their country,88 call palo santo (holy wood). ..."
7. Kino's Historical Memoir of Pimería Alta: A Contemporary Account of the by Eusebio Francisco Kino, Herbert Eugene Bolton (1919)
"There is an abundance of trees, which the Chinese, from the knowledge which they
have of those in their country," call palo santo (holy wood). ..."
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