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Cow-Tree
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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Or Milk-Tree, Brosimum Galactodendron (natural order Moraceae), a native of Venezuela. As in other members of the order, the stem contains a milky latex, which flows out in considerable quantities when a notch is cut in it. The "milk" is sweet and pleasant tasting. Another species, Alicastrum, the bread-nut tree, a native of central America and Jamaica, bears a fruit which is cooked and eaten. The bread-fruit ( Arto car pus ) is an allied genus of the same natural order.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cow-Tree'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/cow-tree.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cow-Tree'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/cow-tree.html. 1910.
