calaba

IPA: kɑɫˈɑbʌ

west indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice

Examples of "calaba" in Sentences

Calophyllum calaba, five species of palm-trees (the palma real, or
It has been mistaken for the _tacamahaca_ of India, which, however, is a product of the _C. calaba_, L.
-- This is called calaba tree in the West Indies, and an oil, fit for burning, is expressed from the seeds.
In the wetter areas the baría (Callophylum calaba), copey (Clusia rosea), mangle rojo (Rhizophora mangle), and mangle botón (Conocarpus erecta) predominate.
Tliey have no diftruft, for they leave the doors of their huts always open, though they have cotton, calaba (hes, and a iort of aloes, of which they make thread, and feveral other fmall matters that they trade with, which might be eafily Itoleiw They go naked, and paint their bodies with a red drug, called rocu.