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GENUS LAURUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Laurus mean?
• GENUS LAURUS (noun)
The noun GENUS LAURUS has 1 sense:
1. small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves
Familiarity information: GENUS LAURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Laurus; Laurus
Hypernyms ("genus Laurus" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Laurus"):
bay; bay laurel; bay tree; Laurus nobilis; true laurel (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)
Holonyms ("genus Laurus" is a member of...):
family Lauraceae; Lauraceae; laurel family (a family of Lauraceae)
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