sweetwood
nounDefinition of sweetwood
1
: a laurel (Laurus nobilis)
2
: any of various chiefly tropical American trees of the family Lauraceae: such as
a
: a tree of the genus Ocotea — compare stinkwood
b
: a tree of the genus Nectandra — compare bebeeru
c
: a small or medium-sized Jamaican tree (Licaria triandra or Acrodiclidium jamaicense) with easily worked greenish yellow wood