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WOOD LAUREL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers
Synonyms:
American laurel; calico bush; Kalmia latifolia; mountain laurel; wood laurel
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wood laurel" is a kind of...):
kalmia (any plant of the genus Kalmia)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers
Synonyms:
Daphne laureola; spurge laurel; wood laurel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
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)
