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camphor tree
camphor treen. An East Asian evergreen tree (Cinnamomum camphora) cultivated as an ornamental in the southern United States, having aromatic wood and leathery leaves that are a source of camphor.camphor tree n 1. (Plants) a lauraceous evergreen E Asian tree, Cinnamomum camphora, whose aromatic wood yields camphor 2. (Plants) any similar tree, such as the dipterocarpaceous tree Dryobalanops aromatica of Borneo cam′phor tree`
n. a tree, Cinnamomum camphora, of the laurel family, grown in E Asia and yielding camphor. [1600–10] Camphor weedThe foliage of this plant smells strongly of camphor and was sometimes used instead of camphor. The plant (Pluchea camphorata) belongs to the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Note: A 1918 wildflower book listed salt-marsh fleabane as Pluchea camphorata and commented that the flowers had a faint odor of camphor. A more recent wildflower book that mentions the camphor weed refers to marsh fleabane as Pluchea purpurascens. The Asteraceae family is very large, and apparently changes continue to be made to the nomenclature.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  camphor tree - large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphorCinnamomum camphoralaurel - any of various aromatic trees of the laurel familyCinnamomum, genus Cinnamomum - Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs |
Camphor Tree
camphor tree[′kam·fər ‚trē] (botany) Cinnamomum camphora. A plant of the laurel family (Lauraceae) in the order Magnoliales from which camphor is extracted. Camphor Tree (Cinnamomum camphora), an evergreen tree of the family Lauraceae. Height, 20–50 m. It has leathery, aromatic leaves. Its small flowers are plain and whitish. All parts of the tree contain essential camphor oil; the camphor is obtained from the oil by oxidation. The wood of this tree is not damaged by insects. It grows wild in South China (primarily on the islands of Taiwan and Hainan) and in southern Japan; it is also grown in these regions for commercial purposes. In the USSR the camphor tree is grown on the Black Sea Shore of the Caucasus, but only on a small scale; camphor is obtained primarily from synthetic sources. camphor tree
Related to camphor tree: camphor oilSynonyms for camphor treenoun large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphorSynonymsRelated Words- laurel
- Cinnamomum
- genus Cinnamomum
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