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BAY LAUREL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bay laurel mean? 

BAY LAUREL (noun)
  The noun BAY LAUREL has 1 sense:

1. small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victorsplay

  Familiarity information: BAY LAUREL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BAY LAUREL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bay; bay laurel; bay tree; Laurus nobilis; true laurel

Hypernyms ("bay laurel" is a kind of...):

laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)

Meronyms (parts of "bay laurel"):

bay leaf (dried leaf of the bay laurel)

Holonyms ("bay laurel" is a member of...):

genus Laurus; Laurus (small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves)


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