: either of two timber trees (Myrocarpus frondosus and M. fastigiatus) of the family Leguminosae of southern Brazil and Argentina whose wood is brownish, strong, and hard, takes a high polish, and yields a balsam
First Known Use of cabreuva
1916, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology for cabreuva
Portuguese cabriúva, from Tupi cabreúva, cabureiba