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Definition of Lauraceae
1. Noun. A family of Lauraceae.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Ranales, Order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales
Member holonyms: Laurel, Genus Laurus, Laurus, Cinnamomum, Genus Cinnamomum, Genus Lindera, Lindera, Benzoin, Genus Benzoin, Genus Persea, Persea, Genus Sassafras, Genus Umbellularia, Umbellularia
Medical Definition of Lauraceae
1. A family of mainly aromatic evergeen plants in the order laurales. The laurel family includes 2,200 species in 45 genera and from these are derived medicinal extracts, essential oils, camphor and other products. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lauraceae
Literary usage of Lauraceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"lauraceae Lindi. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 200. 1836. LAUREL FAMILY. Aromatic trees and
shrubs, with simple, alternate (very rarely opposite) mostly thick evergreen ..."
2. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"lauraceae. LAUREL FAMILY. Aromatic evergreen trees and shrubs. Leaves alternate,
simple, entire, with- out stipules. Flowers perfect and regular. ..."
3. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"lauraceae), trees indigenous to tropical Asia, where they are now extensively
cultivated (Fig. 112) and from which three commercial kinds of bark are ..."
4. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"lauraceae). trees indigenous to tropical Asia, where they are now extensively
cultivated (Fig. 112) and from which three commercial kinds of bark are ..."
5. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"Family lauraceae Genus CINNAMOMUM CINNAMOMUM INERS Reinw. CINNAMON. A description
and figure of this species and its local names are given in the bulletin ..."
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