See Also: sweetwood(medicine)
CONTROVER, obsolete(law)

CONTROVER, obsolete (law) and sweetwood (medicine)


CONTROVER, obsolete (law)


CONTROVER, obsolete. One who invents false news. 2 Inst. 227.

sweetwood (medicine)


sweetwood
<botany> The true laurel (Laurus nobilis)

The timber of the tree Oreodaphne Leucoxylon, growing in Jamaica. The name is also applied to the timber of several Other related trees.

Source: Websters Dictionary