Aleurites
noun
Al·eu·ri·tes
ˌal-yə-ˈrī-(ˌ)tēz
: a genus of Asian trees (family Euphorbiaceae) having a milky juice, small white flowers, and rich oily seeds in drupes see candlenut
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek aleuritēs of flour, from aleuron flour + -itēs -ite
First Known Use
1800, in the meaning defined above
- sixteen-foot octave
- sixteen-foot pitch
- sixteen-foot stop
- sixteen-penny nail
- sixteener
- sixteeners
- sixteenest
- sixteenmo
- sixteenmos
- sixteennest
- sixteens
- sixteenth
- sixteenth note
- sixteenth rest
- sixteenther
- sixteenthest
- sixteenths
- sixtes
- sixth
- sixth chord
- sixth column
- sixth columnist
- Sixth day
- sixth form
- sixth form college