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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless, odorless, indifferent compound, C22H30O3, obtained from the wood of the bay-tree, Laurus nobilis. It crystallizes in prisms. Also called laurel-camphor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family name (Lauraceæ) of the camphor trees. See camphor.

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  • noun chemistry Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family name Lauraceae of the camphor trees.

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laurin +‎ -ol

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