noun
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
• Syn: ↑laurel cherry, ↑Prunus laurocerasus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Prunus, ↑genus Prunus
2. small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
• Syn: ↑laurel cherry, ↑mock orange, ↑wild orange, ↑Prunus caroliniana
• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Prunus, ↑genus Prunus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.