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‖ laurustinus|ˌlɔːrəˈstaɪnəs|
Also 7–8 laurus tinus, 9 erron. laures-, lauristinus.
[a. mod.L. (orig. two words) laurus tīnus (L. laurus laurel, tīnus a plant, perh. the laurustinus).]
An evergreen winter-flowering shrub, Viburnum Tinus.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1679) 9, January..Flowers in Prime..Prim-roses, Laurus-tinus, Mezereon. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v., There are three Sorts of the Laurus Tinus cultivated in our Country. 1765Wilkes Corr. (1805) II. 140 Laurels and laurustinuses were in all the hedges. 1840Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. i. Spectre Tappington, From the midst of a thickset laurustinus [he] drew forth a gardener's spade. 1861Delamer Fl. Gard. 3 Laurustinuses,..and even Portugal laurels, are kept in tubs, that they may be housed when frost comes. 1882J. Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club IX. No. 3. 435 The Laurestinuses have been sore damaged. |