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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

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(Bot.)

Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (

Lauraceæ

) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laurel, sassafras, cinnamon tree, true camphor tree, etc.

lauraceous ‎(comparative more lauraceous, superlative most lauraceous)

(botany) Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Lauraceae) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laurel, sassafras, cinnamon tree, true camphor tree, etc.