[West Indian.] A genus of dicotyledonous trees of the W. Indies (N.O. Thymelæaceæ); also called lace-bark.
1756. P. Browne, Jamaica, 321. The Lagetto or Lace-Bark tree.
1773. Phil. Trans., LXIII. 492. Specimen of the Lagetta Tree, and its lace-like Bark, from Jamaica.
