(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:49:26

Lau*ra"ceous (?), a. [From Laurus.] Bot.

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.

 

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