Associations to the word «Milkwood»

Wiktionary

MILKWOOD, noun. Any of a number of trees with milky sap:
MILKWOOD, noun. (South Africa) Sideroxylon inermis, the white milkwood
MILKWOOD, noun. (South Africa) Mimusops zeyheri, the Transvaal red milkwood.
MILKWOOD, noun. (South Asia) (Australia) Alstonia scholaris, the scholar tree, and other species in the genus Alstonia.
MILKWOOD, noun. Trimeris scaevolifolia, a tree endemic to the Atlantic island of St. Helena.
MILKWOOD, noun. Many species of the genus Tabernaemontana that are native to the Americas.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats