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TRUE LAUREL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
Synonyms:
bay; bay laurel; bay tree; Laurus nobilis; true laurel
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("true laurel" is a kind of...):
laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)
Meronyms (parts of "true laurel"):
bay leaf (dried leaf of the bay laurel)
Holonyms ("true laurel" is a member of...):
genus Laurus; Laurus (small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves)