‖ hya-hya
(ˈhaɪəˈhaɪə)
[Native name.]
The Cow-tree of Guyana (formerly British Guiana) (Tabernæmontana utilis): see cow-tree 2.
| 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 494/1 The milk-tree, or Hya-hya of Demerara. a 1882 R. Christison Autobiog. (1885) I. 390, I examined in 1830 the juice obtained by incision into the trunk of the Hya-hya tree. |