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/mˈaʊntən lˈɔrəl/ Listen

Mountain laurel

noun

A North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers. Synonyms: American laurel, calico bush, Kalmia latifolia, wood laurel.

Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood. Synonyms: California bay tree, California laurel, California olive, Oregon myrtle, pepperwood, sassafras laurel, spice tree, Umbellularia californica.

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"Mountain laurel" Quotes from Famous Books

... and clear out of a deep blue sky, and the path wound up-hill among cedars and junipers and clumps of mountain laurel, on whose broad green leaves the tufts of snow lay like clusters of white roses. The keen clear air was full of stimulus and vigor; and so Hiel's proposition to take the longest way met with enthusiastic welcome ...

— A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others • Various

Words linked to "Mountain laurel" : genus Umbellularia, Umbellularia, laurel, kalmia