cinnamomum camphora

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   large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphor

   Synonymscamphor tree

   Broaderlaurel

   Part ofCinnamomum

Questions about cinnamomum camphora

What does cinnamomum camphora mean?

cinnamomum camphora means "large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphor".

What is another word for cinnamomum camphora?

Close synonyms include camphor tree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cinnamomum camphora a common word?

cinnamomum camphora is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.