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Laurin
(gcide) | Laurin \Lau"rin\, n. [Cf. F. laurine.] (Chem.)
A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the
bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture
of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.
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Inga laurina
(gcide) | guama \guama\ n.
A tropical tree of Central America and the West Indies and
Puerto Rico (Inga laurina) having spikes of white flowers;
it is used as shade for coffee plantations.
Syn: Inga laurina.
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Laurinol
(gcide) | Laurinol \Lau"ri*nol\, n. [Laurin + -ol.] (Chem.)
Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family name
(Laurace[ae]) of the camphor trees. See Camphor.
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Sarcomphalus laurinus
(gcide) | Lignum-vitae \Lig"num-vi"tae\ (l[i^]g"n[u^]m v[imac]"t[=e]), n.
[L., wood of life; lignum wood + vita, genitive vit[ae],
life.] (Bot.)
A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of
America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured.
Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various
mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks,
cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum.
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Note: In New Zealand the Metrosideros buxifolia is called
lignum-vit[ae], and in Australia a species of Acacia.
The bastard lignum-vit[ae] is a West Indian tree
(Sarcomphalus laurinus).
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hakea laurina
(wn) | Hakea laurina
n 1: tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow
flowers; western Australia [syn: cushion flower,
pincushion hakea, Hakea laurina] |
inga laurina
(wn) | Inga laurina
n 1: tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto
Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for
coffee plantations [syn: guama, Inga laurina] |
malosma laurina
(wn) | Malosma laurina
n 1: small aromatic evergreen shrub of California having
paniculate leaves and whitish berries; in some
classifications included in genus Rhus [syn: {laurel
sumac}, Malosma laurina, Rhus laurina] |
rhus laurina
(wn) | Rhus laurina
n 1: small aromatic evergreen shrub of California having
paniculate leaves and whitish berries; in some
classifications included in genus Rhus [syn: {laurel
sumac}, Malosma laurina, Rhus laurina] |
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