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Meaning of DRYOBALANOPS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Dry`o*bal"a*nops\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? oak + ?
acorn + ? appearance. The fruit remotely resembles an acorn
in its cup.] (Bot.)
The genus to which belongs the single species {D. Camphora},
a lofty resinous tree of Borneo and Sumatra, yielding Borneo
camphor and camphor oil.
 
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