silkwood

• Sustantivo que designa un árbol de hoja perenne tropical americano de crecimiento rápido, con flores blancas y frutos carnosos blancos comestibles; su corteza produce una fibra sedosa usada para cuerdas y su madera es apreciada para hacer duelas.

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.

   árbol de seda

   • 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.