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
- cross-examined
- cross-examiner
- cross-examines
- cross-examining
- cross-eye
- cross-eyed
- cross-eyes
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- cross-feed
- cross-fer
- cross-fertile
- cross-fertilisation
- cross-fertilise
- cross-fertilised
- cross-fertilising
- cross-fertilizable
- cross-fertilization
- cross-fertilizations
- cross-fertilize
- cross-fertilized
- cross-fertilizes
- cross-fertilizing
- cross-file
- cross-filed
- cross-files