What is "spoonwood"

Spoonwood \Spoon"wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. (Bot.) The mountain laurel ( Kalmia latifolia).

n. 1 ''Kalmia latifolia'', the mountain laurel. 2 (taxlink Trichilia havanensis species noshow=1), a Caribbean softwood.

Spoonwood is a common name for two plants:

• Kalmia latifolia, a North American plant known as mountain laurel and numerous other names emphasizing its poisonous nature, such as lambkill, kill-kid, and calf-kill.
• Trichila havanensis, a Caribbean softwood plant also known as palo de cuchara and limoncillo (not to be confused with the hardwood plant also known as limoncillo from the citrus family).