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LAURUS NOBILIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Laurus nobilis mean? 

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

1. small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victorsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LAURUS NOBILIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bay; bay laurel; bay tree; Laurus nobilis; true laurel

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "Laurus nobilis"):

bay leaf (dried leaf of the bay laurel)

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

genus Laurus; Laurus (small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves)


 Context examples 


The essential oil of Laurus nobilis.

(Bay Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil extracted from the fruit of Laurus nobilis.

(Bay Fruit Oil, NCI Thesaurus)



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