melanorrhoea

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melanorrhoea - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Melanorrhoea \Mel`a*nor*rhoe"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`las,
     me`lanos, black + ? to flow.] (Bot.)
     An East Indian genus of large trees. Melanorrh[oe]a usitatissima
      is the lignum-vitae of Pegu (in Burma), and
     yields a valuable black varnish.
     [1913 Webster]