Sweetwood

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sweetwood \Sweet"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
     (a) The true laurel ({Laurus nobilis}.)
     (b) The timber of the tree {Oreodaphne Leucoxylon}, growing
         in Jamaica. The name is also applied to the timber of
         several other related trees.
         [1913 Webster]