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Pisonia obtusata
Blolly Blol"ly, n. (Bot.) (a) A shrub or small tree of southern Florida and the West Indies (Pisonia obtusata) with smooth oval leaves and a hard, 10-ribbed fruit. (b) The rubiaceous shrub Chicocca racemosa, of the same region.
Pisonia obtusata
Porkwood Pork"wood`, n. (Bot.) The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree (Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood.

Meaning of Pisonia from wikipedia

- Pisonia is a genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock flower family, Nyctaginaceae. It was named for Dutch physician and naturalist Willem Piso (1611–1678)...
- Pisonia grandis, the grand devil's-claws, is a species of flowering tree in the Bougainvillea family, Nyctaginaceae. The tree has broad, thin leaves,...
- Ceodes umbellifera, synonym Pisonia umbellifera, commonly known as the birdlime tree or bird catcher tree, is a species of plant in the Nyctaginaceae...
- Pisonia donnellsmithii is a species of plant in the family Nyctaginaceae. It is found in El Salvador and Guatemala. It is threatened by habitat loss....
- Pisonia ekmani is a species of plant in the Nyctaginaceae family. It is endemic to Cuba. Areces-Mallea, A.E. (1998). "Pisonia ekmani". IUCN Red List of...
- Scaevola.: 2 : 213  PISONIA predicted fallout, surface radiological exclusion (radex) area, ship positions, and aircraft parti****tion. PISONIA was detonated...
- freshwater lens. Vostok's major portion is covered with a pure stand of Pisonia trees rooted in moist peat soil one meter thick. These trees, with heights...
- Ceodes brunoniana (synonym Pisonia brunoniana) is a species of flowering tree in the family Nyctaginaceae that is native to New Zealand's North Island...
- bars covered with vegetation—mostly coconut palms, Scaevola, and tall Pisonia trees. Many of the islets are connected. Sand Island and the two Home Islets...
- North American plants in the genus Proboscidea and certain species of Pisonia, however, are also known by this name. Devil's claw's tuberous roots are...