English > genus Laurus: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves. |
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Synonym | Laurus |
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Member of | Lauraceae, family Lauraceae, laurel family | A family of Lauraceae |
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Members | true laurel, bay, bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis | small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking |
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Broader | magnoliid dicot genus | genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms |
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Spanish | genus laurus, laurus |
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Catalan | genus laurus, laurus, Laurus |
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