silkwood

• Substantivo que designa uma árvore perene tropical americana de crescimento rápido, com flores brancas e frutos brancos carnosos e comestíveis, cuja casca fornece uma fibra sedosa usada na fabricação de cordas e cuja madeira é valorizada para tonéis.

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.

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   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.

   Árvore tropical americana

   • 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.