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Laurus  n.  (Bot.) A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger Laurus Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus.





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"Laurus" Quotes from Famous Books



... arch above the western lunette.—The busts (in medallions) of SS. Engraphus (?), Menas, Hermogenes, Laurus, Florus, Menas, ...
— Byzantine Churches in Constantinople - Their History and Architecture • Alexander Van Millingen


Words linked to "Laurus" :   magnoliid dicot genus, bay laurel, bay tree, true laurel, Lauraceae, Laurus nobilis, genus Laurus, family Lauraceae, bay, laurel family


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