Dry`o*bal"a*nops (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. oak + acorn + appearance. The fruit remotely resembles an acorn in its cup.] Bot.

The genus to which belongs the single species D. Camphora, a lofty resinous tree of Borneo and Sumatra, yielding Borneo camphor and camphor oil.

 

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