noun
West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice
• Syn: ↑calaba, ↑Calophyllum calaba
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Calophyllum, ↑genus Calophyllum
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\\|santəmə|rēə-\ nounUsage: usually capitalized S&M
Etymology: santa maria from Spanish, from Santa Maria St. Mary
: an evergreen tropical American tree (Calophyllum calaba) that yields a durable straight close-grained timber and a fluid balsam like copaiba — called also calaba
Useful english dictionary. 2012.