lauraceous

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lauraceous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lauraceous \Lau*ra"ceous\, a. [From Laurus.] (Bot.)
     Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Laurace[ae])
     of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and
     including the laurel, sassafras, cinnamon tree, true camphor
     tree, etc.
     [1913 Webster]