the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A pole or timber of any kind; -- in the names of trees.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Same as gulancha. Also giloe and galo.
n. Wood.
Word Usage
"Being almost destitute of chemical tests, * we contented ourselves with filling at the spring two bottles, which were sent, along with the nourishing milk of the tree called palo de vaca, to MM."