CALIFORNIA BAY TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does California bay tree mean? 

• CALIFORNIA BAY TREE (noun)
  The noun CALIFORNIA BAY TREE has 1 sense:

1. Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood

  Familiarity information: CALIFORNIA BAY TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALIFORNIA BAY TREE (noun)

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Meaning:

Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

California bay tree; California laurel; California olive; mountain laurel; Oregon myrtle; pepperwood; sassafras laurel; spice tree; Umbellularia californica

Hypernyms ("California bay tree" is a kind of...):

laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)

Holonyms ("California bay tree" is a member of...):

genus Umbellularia; Umbellularia (aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast)