| 单词 | royal bay |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroyal bay royal bay n. either of two laurels, (originally) Persea indica, of Portugal and the Canary Islands (also more fully royal bay-tree), and (in later use) the bay laurel, Laurus nobilis, native to the Mediterranean. ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. i. xxx. 452 Some there be that thinke this roiall Bay, is not a Lawrell, but a severall tree apart, as having longer and broader leaves than the rest of the ordinarie sort. 1783 D. Grimwood Catal. Greenhouse Plants 21 Laurus..indica... Portugal, or Royal Bay-tree. 1889 19th Cent. July 124 The verandah is shaded at one end by some glorious specimens of the Laurus Indica or royal bay, which attains the size of a well-grown forest tree. 2002 J. Reynolds Courtyards 225/2 Laurus nobilis... Bay, Grecian Laurel, Roman Laurel, Royal Bay. < as lemmas |
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