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GENUS LAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Laurus mean? 

GENUS LAURUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS LAURUS has 1 sense:

1. small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leavesplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS LAURUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS LAURUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Laurus; Laurus

Hypernyms ("genus Laurus" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Laurus"):

bay; bay laurel; bay tree; Laurus nobilis; true laurel (small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors)

Holonyms ("genus Laurus" is a member of...):

family Lauraceae; Lauraceae; laurel family (a family of Lauraceae)


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