San·ta Ma·ria tree | \ ¦santəmə¦rēə- \
Definition of Santa Maria tree
: an evergreen tropical American tree (Calophyllum calaba) that yields a durable straight close-grained timber and a fluid balsam like copaiba
— called also calaba
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