Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of apetalous trees, type of the natural order Laurineæ, falling within the tribe Litseaceæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (
Laurus nobilis ), and the largerLaurus Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves
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Examples
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Bay Leaf is harvested from the Laurel tree laurus nobilis and is noted for its distinctive fragrance when cooked.
Fesenjen - Chicken in Pomegranate and Walnut Sauce Haalo 2009
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Bay Leaf is harvested from the Laurel tree laurus nobilis and is noted for its distinctive fragrance when cooked.
Archive 2009-03-01 Haalo 2009
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They call it a slow laurus because you can see how slow it moves.
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They call it a slow laurus because you can see how slow it moves.
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But I will choose a site, whose latitude shall be 45 degrees (I respect not minutes) in the midst of the temperate zone, or perhaps under the equator, that [604] paradise of the world, ubi semper virens laurus, &c. where is a perpetual spring: the longitude for some reasons I will conceal.
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Thracio et laurus insana quae allata in convivium convivas omnes insania affecit.
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In this cage a slow laurus (ph), a primate nearly driven to extinction in Thailand.
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The mountain is covered with pines, and the laurus cerasus, the fruit of which being now ripe, made a most romantic appearance through the snow that lay upon the branches.
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[4] 'Hedera quo que vel laurus et hujusmodi, quæ semper servant virorem, in sarcophago corpori substernantur, ad significandum, quod qui moriuntur in Christo, vivere non desinant; nam licet mundo moriantur secundum corpus, tamen secundum animam vivunt et reviviscunt in
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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The _laurus cinnamomum_ and _cassia odoriferata_ are produced in abundance about
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel
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