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louro, n.|ˈluːrəʊ|
[a. Pg. louro, orig. ‘laurel’.]
Any of various tropical American hardwood trees belonging to Ocotea, Nectandra, and related genera of the laurel family, esp. (in full red louro) the tree O. rubra; the dense wood of any of these trees. Also, any of several similar Brazilian trees of the genus Cordia of the borage family, or their wood .
1816H. Koster Trav. Brazil xiv. 300 The louro is a large tree, and of it there are three species, all of which are used principally for the beams of houses, for the timber of them rots quickly under ground. 1914J. F. Woodroffe Upper Reaches of Amazon xx. 276 The following woods are especially used. Louro (of the family of Lauraceas), found in swampy lands in many qualities, such as the common yellow, black, white, grey, odoriferous cedar, beech and tachi. 1923Zon & Sparhawk Forest Resources of World vi. 723 The louros in general are the cheapest commercial woods of Brazil, and are widely used for construction, boxes, and cooperage. 1980Acta Amazonica X. 409/2 Various types of locally available organic materials, such as cocoa pods, rice husks, brewery wastes, Pistia, water hyacinth..and sawdust from louro wood, were tested for their ability to produce biogas. |