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TRUE LAUREL

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 I. (noun) 

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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 victorsplay

Synonyms:

bay; bay laurel; bay tree; Laurus nobilis; true laurel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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