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Laurus
noun
small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves
• Syn: ↑genus Laurus
• Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lauraceae, ↑family Lauraceae, ↑laurel family
• Member Meronyms: ↑true laurel, ↑bay, ↑bay laurel, ↑bay tree, ↑Laurus nobilis

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\\ˈlȯrəs, ˈlär-\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, laurel — more at daphne
: a genus of trees (family Lauraceae) having alternate entire leaves and small tetramerous involucrate flowers succeeded by fruits that are ovoid berries — see laurel I 1a

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Laurus /löˈrəs/
noun
The laurel genus, giving its name to the family Laurāˈceae, leathery-leaved archichlamydeous dicotyledons
ORIGIN: L
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laurāˈceous adjective

Useful english dictionary. 2012.