English > laurel: 3 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family. |
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| Member of | Lauraceae, family Lauraceae, laurel family | A family of Lauraceae |
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| Narrower | California laurel, California bay tree, Oregon myrtle, pepperwood, spice tree, sassafras laurel, California olive, mountain laurel, Umbellularia californica | Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit |
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| Saigon cinnamon, Cinnamomum loureirii | Tropical southeast Asian tree with aromatic bark |
| camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora | large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphor |
| cassia, cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum cassia | Chinese tree with aromatic bark |
| cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum | Tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark |
| laurel-tree, red bay, Persea borbonia | small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood |
| sassafras, sassafras tree, Sassafras albidum | yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark |
| 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 |
| Broader | angiospermous tree, flowering tree | Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
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| Spanish | laurel, lauro |
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| Catalan | llorer |
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