silkwood

• 名词，指一种生长迅速的热带美洲常绿乔木，开白花，结白色肉质可食果实，树皮可提取丝状纤维用于制绳，木材适合制桶板。

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.

   热带美洲树

   • 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.