Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (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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- noun The
fragrant wood of severalshrubs andtrees , especially ofspecies of Rhodorhiza from theCanary Islands , and of the West Indian Amyris balsamifera.
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Latin lignum wood + Ancient Greek for "rose".
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