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CALIFORNIA LAUREL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
Synonyms:
California bay tree; California laurel; California olive; mountain laurel; Oregon myrtle; pepperwood; sassafras laurel; spice tree; Umbellularia californica
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("California laurel" is a kind of...):
laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)
Holonyms ("California laurel" is a member of...):
genus Umbellularia; Umbellularia (aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast)
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