WOOD LAUREL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wood laurel mean? 

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

1. bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers

2. a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOOD LAUREL (noun)

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 ("wood laurel" is a kind of...):

daphne (any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American laurel; calico bush; Kalmia latifolia; mountain laurel; wood laurel

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

kalmia (any plant of the genus Kalmia)