ˈshōrēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, after John Shore, Lord Teignmouth died 1834 governor general of India
: a genus of Indo-Malayan timber trees (family Dipterocarpaceae) that are rich in resin, have flowers with twisted petals, a very short calyx tube, and sepals which become enlarged and winglike in fruit, and that include forms yielding valuable lumber — see red lauan , sal