Dryobalanops \Dry`o*bal"a*nops\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? oak + ?
acorn + ? appearance. The fruit remotely resembles an acorn
in its cup.]
(Bot.)
The genus to which belongs the single species D. Camphora,
a lofty resinous tree of Borneo and Sumatra, yielding Borneo
camphor and camphor oil.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |