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LAUREL CHERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does laurel cherry mean?
• LAUREL CHERRY (noun)
The noun LAUREL CHERRY has 2 senses:
1. frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil
2. small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
Familiarity information: LAUREL CHERRY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cherry laurel; laurel cherry; Prunus laurocerasus
Hypernyms ("laurel cherry" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("laurel cherry" is a member of...):
genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cherry laurel; laurel cherry; mock orange; Prunus caroliniana; wild orange
Hypernyms ("laurel cherry" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("laurel cherry" is a member of...):
genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)
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