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Webster 1913 Edition


Dryobalanops


Dryˊo-bal′a-nops

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
δρῦσ
oak +
βάλανοσ
acorn +
ὄψισ
appearance. The fruit remotely resembles an acorn in its cup.]
(Bot.)
The genus to which belongs the single species
Dryobalanops Camphora
, a lofty resinous tree of Borneo and Sumatra, yielding Borneo camphor and camphor oil.