camphor tree
An aromatic, glossy-leaved evergreen tree native to eastern Asia grown as a shade tree…An aromatic, glossy-leaved evergreen tree native to eastern Asia (Cinnamomum camphora, Camphora officinarum) grown as a shade tree as well as for timber and camphor.
» That's a camphor tree.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)An aromatic, glossy-leaved evergreen tree native to eastern Asia (Cinnamomum camphora, Camphora officinarum) grown as a shade tree as well as for timber and camphor.
Kampferbaum, Kampferlorbeer
кори́чник камфорныйkoríčnik kamfornyj, ка́мфорный лаврkámfornyj lavr, ка́мфорное де́ревоkámfornoje dérevo
large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphor
(uncountable, usually)The tree Dryobalanops aromatica.
Examples
1 sentencesThat's a camphor tree.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
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Forms
plural: camphor trees| Singular | camphor tree |
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uncountable
Synonyms
5 synonyms- large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphor:Cinnamomum camphora
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable