silkwood

• Substantiv, das einen schnell wachsenden tropischen, immergrünen Baum Amerikas mit weißen Blüten und weißen, fleischigen, essbaren Früchten bezeichnet, dessen Rinde seidige Fasern für Seile liefert und dessen Holz für Fassdauben geschätzt wird.

A noun referring to a fast-growing tropical American evergreen tree with white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit, whose bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and whose wood is valuable for staves.

1. Tropical American treeC2formal

   A fast-growing tropical American evergreen tree with white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; its bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and its wood is valuable for staves.

   Tropischer amerikanischer Baum

   • The silkwood tree is prized for its durable wood used in barrel making.
   • Farmers cultivate silkwood for both its fruit and its fibrous bark.
   • The white flowers of the silkwood bloom during the rainy season.