Lauraceous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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