[Native name in Madeira: perh. a local use of Pg. til, TEIL or linden.] A lauraceous tree, Oreodaphne fetens, of the Canary Islands and Madeira; also its wood, which has a fetid smell. Chiefly attrib., as til-tree, til-wood.
1858. Hogg, Veg. Kingd., 623. Til-wood, produced by G[œppertia] fœtens, a native of the Canaries, has a most disagreeable odour.
1884. Miller, Plant-n., Oreodaphne (Laurus) fœtens, Fetid Laurel, or Til-tree.
1885. Lady Brassey, The Trades, 30. The black Til … or native laurel.
