bay leaf

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The dried aromatic leaf of the laurel or bay (Laurus nobilis) used as a seasoning in cooking.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun ; pl. bay-leaves (-lēvz).
• noun The leaf of the sweet-bay or laurel-tree, Laurus nobilis.
• noun Same as bay, n., 3.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• See under 3d bay.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A herb derived from a shrub of the family Lauraceae.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun dried leaf of the bay laurel