(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:53:07

Lig"num rho"di*um (?). [NL., fr. L. lignum wood + Gr. a rose.] Bot.

The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amyris balsamifera.

 

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