See Also: louro(dictionary)

louro (iou)



louro noun. Pl. -os. E19.
[Portuguese, lit. 'laurel', from Latin laurus LAUREL noun.]
Any of several tropical S. American hardwood timber trees belonging to the genera Ocotea, Nectandra, and related genera of the laurel family, esp. (in full red louro) Ocotea rubra; the dense wood of these trees. Also (the wood of) any of several similar Brazilian trees of the genus Cordia, of the borage family.