(n) leathery-leaved tree of western India bearing round fruits with brown densely hairy rind enclosing oily pulp that yields hydnocarpus oil, Syn.Hydnocarpus wightiana
(n) tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations, Syn.Inga laurina
(n) small aromatic evergreen shrub of California having paniculate leaves and whitish berries; in some classifications included in genus Rhus, Syn.Malosma laurina, Rhus laurina
(Chem.), a white, crystalline substance, CH3.(CH2)10.COOH, resembling palmitic acid, and obtained from the fruit of the bay tree, and various other vegetable sources. The sodium salt (sodium lauryl sulfate) is used as a detergent. Syn. -- dodecanoic acid, laurostearic acid, dodecoic acid. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]
n. [ Cf. F. laurine. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Laurin + -ol. ] (Chem.) Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family name (Lauraceæ) of the camphor trees. See Camphor. [ 1913 Webster ]
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