bebeeru

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bebeeru - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  bebeeru \be*bee"ru\ (b[-e]*b[=e]"r[udd]), n. [Written also
     bibiru.] [Native name.] (Bot.)
     A tropical South American tree (Nectandra Rodi[oe]i), the
     bark of which yields the alkaloid bebeerine, and the wood of
     which is known as green heart.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]