'Pisonia obtusata' definitions:

Definition of 'Pisonia obtusata'

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  • Porkwood \Pork"wood`\, n. (Bot.) The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree (Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Pisonia obtusata'

From: GCIDE
  • Blolly \Blol"ly\, n. (Bot.) (a) A shrub or small tree of southern Florida and the West Indies (Pisonia obtusata) with smooth oval leaves and a hard, 10-ribbed fruit. (b) The rubiaceous shrub Chicocca racemosa, of the same region. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]