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MELANORRHOEA
Mel
`a *
nor
*rhoe "a, n.
Etym:
[
NL.
,
fr.
Gr.
(
Bot.
)
Defn:
An
East
Indian
genus
of
large
trees.
Melanorrhoea
usitatissima
is
the
lignum-vitæ
of
Peru,
and
yelds a
valuable
black
varnish.