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SPURGE LAUREL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spurge laurel mean?
• SPURGE LAUREL (noun)
The noun SPURGE LAUREL has 1 sense:
1. bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers
Familiarity information: SPURGE LAUREL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Daphne laureola; spurge laurel; wood laurel
Hypernyms ("spurge laurel" is a kind of...):
daphne (any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers)
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