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CALIFORNIA LAUREL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does California laurel mean?
• CALIFORNIA LAUREL (noun)
The noun CALIFORNIA LAUREL 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 LAUREL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 laurel" is a kind of...):
laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)
Holonyms ("California laurel" is a member of...):
genus Umbellularia; Umbellularia (aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast)
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