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- Latin · derived fromlaurus“laurel”
- English todaylauraceous
Words from the same roots
Latinlaurus all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lauraceous
Today it means: Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Lauraceae) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including laurel, sassafras, cinnamon, true camphor, etc. Full definition →
Latin laurus