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California Laurel

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Noun

1. california bay tree, california laurel, california olive, mountain laurel, oregon myrtle, pepperwood, sassafras laurel, spice tree, umbellularia californica

Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

California Laurel

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a Pacific coast shrub or tree (Umbellularia californica) of the laurel family, having aromatic evergreen leaves and hard wood; Oregon myrtle: a source of bay leaves

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

California Laurel

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n.
An aromatic evergreen tree (Umbellularia californica) found from Baja California to southern Oregon, having clusters of small yellowish-green flowers, olivelike yellowish-green to purple fruits, and light brown wood valued for use in fine woodwork. Also called California bay, Oregon myrtle.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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