CHERRY LAUREL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cherry laurel mean? 

• CHERRY LAUREL (noun)
  The noun CHERRY LAUREL has 2 senses:

1. frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil

2. small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States

  Familiarity information: CHERRY LAUREL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHERRY LAUREL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cherry laurel; laurel cherry; Prunus laurocerasus

Hypernyms ("cherry laurel" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("cherry laurel" is a member of...):

genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cherry laurel; laurel cherry; mock orange; Prunus caroliniana; wild orange

Hypernyms ("cherry laurel" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("cherry laurel" is a member of...):

genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)