CAMPOMANESIA LINEATIFOLIA
\kˌampəme͡ɪnˈiːzi͡ə lˌɪniːtɪfˈə͡ʊli͡ə], \kˌampəmeɪnˈiːziə lˌɪniːtɪfˈəʊliə], \k_ˌa_m_p_ə_m_eɪ_n_ˈiː_z_iə l_ˌɪ_n_iː_t_ɪ_f_ˈəʊ_l_iə]\
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A tree, twenty to thirty feet high, which grows in Peru, and whose fruit-palillo-of a bright yellow colour, and as large as a moderate-sized apple, has an exceedingly agreeable scent, and is one of the ingredients in making the perfumed water called mistura.-Tschudi.
By Robley Dunglison
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.
Nearby Words
- camping site
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- camponotus
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- campshed
- campshedding