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LAURUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves

Synonyms:

genus Laurus; Laurus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Laurus" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Laurus"):

bay; bay laurel; bay tree; Laurus nobilis; true laurel (small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors)

Holonyms ("Laurus" is a member of...):

family Lauraceae; Lauraceae; laurel family (a family of Lauraceae)

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