Definition of Santa maria tree

1. Noun. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.

Exact synonyms: Calaba, Calophyllum Calaba
Group relationships: Calophyllum, Genus Calophyllum
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Santa Maria Tree

Santa Anna
Santa Barbara
Santa Catalina
Santa Catarina
Santa Clara
Santa Claus
Santa Croce
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz cypress
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Trail
Santa Gertrudis
Santa Lucia fir
Santa Maria de Belem
Santa Maria del Tule
Santa Maria tree
Santa Rosa
Santa hat
Santa hats
Santa sack
Santa sacks
Santa suit
Santa suits
Santalaceae
Santalales
Santali
Santalum album
Santana wind
Santana winds
Santander

Literary usage of Santa maria tree

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

1. Hortus Jamaicensis, Or, A Botanical Description, (according to the Linnean by John Lunan (1814)
"... they only operated when in a green state. SANTA MARIA LEAF—See COLT'S FOOT. *• ~ -„J 'santa maria tree. CALOPHYLLUM, CL. 13, OR. 1. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"... measured three feet long, by two feet across, and about twelve inches thick, and was suspended from a lateral branch of a lofty Santa Maria tree. ..."

3. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1882)
"... others the braces and rafters and ridge-pole, mostly of the slim, durable Santa Maria tree. Perhaps half a day was consumed in gathering the materials, ..."

4. Hortus Jamaicensis, Or, A Botanical Description, (according to the Linnean by John Lunan (1814)
"... they only operated when in a green state. SANTA MARIA LEAF—See COLT'S FOOT. *• ~ -„J 'santa maria tree. CALOPHYLLUM, CL. 13, OR. 1. ..."

5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"... measured three feet long, by two feet across, and about twelve inches thick, and was suspended from a lateral branch of a lofty Santa Maria tree. ..."

6. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1882)
"... others the braces and rafters and ridge-pole, mostly of the slim, durable Santa Maria tree. Perhaps half a day was consumed in gathering the materials, ..."

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