Melanorrhoea \Mel`a*nor*rhoe"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`las,
me`lanos, black + ? to flow.]
(Bot.)
An East Indian genus of large trees. Melanorrh[oe]a
usitatissima is the lignum-vitae of Pegu (in Burma), and
yields a valuable black varnish.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Melanorrhoea \Mel`a*nor*rh[oe]"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`las,
-anos, black + ? to flow.]
(Bot.)
An East Indian genus of large trees. Melanorrh[oe]a
usitatissima is the lignum-vit[ae] of Pegu, and yelds a
valuable black varnish.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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