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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)