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Webster 1913 Edition


Lauraceous

Lau-ra′ceous

,
Adj.
[From
Laurus
.]
(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.