(a) The laurel. (b) in Botany. The name of a genus of flowering shrubs containing the Spurge Laurel and Mezereon.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > bay-tree and allies > [noun] > common or cherry-laurel and allies (8) Daphnec1430 (a) The laurel. (b) in Botany. The name of a genus of flowering shrubs containing the Spurge Laurel and Mezereon. cherry-bay1633 = cherry-laurel n. cherry-laurel1664 the common Laurel (Cerasus laurocerasus). laurel1664 In modern use, applied to many trees and shrubs having leaves resembling those of the true laurel; esp. Cerasus Laurocerasus, the common laurel or… bay-cherry1665 the Cherry-laurel (Cerasus laurocerasus). laurel-cherry1787 = cherry laurel n. at sense 3c; hence laurel-cherry water = laurel-water n. sea-laurel1816 the seaside laurel. saj1839 The Indian laurel, Terminalia tomentosa, a tropical tree of the family Combretaceæ, native to India and Burma (Myanmar) and bearing terminal spikes… |
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