LAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Laurus mean? 

• LAURUS (noun)
  The noun LAURUS has 1 sense:

1. small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves

  Familiarity information: LAURUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAURUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Laurus; Laurus

Hypernyms ("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 "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 ("Laurus" is a member of...):

family Lauraceae; Lauraceae; laurel family (a family of Lauraceae)

 Context examples 

The essential oil of Laurus nobilis.

(Bay Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil extracted from the fruit of Laurus nobilis.

(Bay Fruit Oil, NCI Thesaurus)