PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Prunus laurocerasus mean? 

• PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS (noun)
  The noun PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS (noun)

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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 ("Prunus laurocerasus" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Prunus laurocerasus" is a member of...):

genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)