Santa Maria tree

noun

San·​ta Ma·​ria tree

¦santəmə¦rēə-

: an evergreen tropical American tree (Calophyllum calaba) that yields a durable straight close-grained timber and a fluid balsam like copaiba

called also calaba

Word History

Etymology

santa maria from Spanish, from Santa Maria St. Mary

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