Definition of Persea borbonia

1. Noun. Small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood.

Exact synonyms: Laurel-tree, Red Bay
Generic synonyms: Laurel
Group relationships: Genus Persea, Persea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Persea Borbonia

Peronists
Peronospora
Peronospora destructor
Peronospora hyoscyami
Peronospora tabacina
Peronosporaceae
Peronosporales
Perpendicular
Perpignan
Perrot
Perry
Perry Mason
Perry Mason moment
Persea
Persea Americana
Persea borbonia (current term)
Persean
Perseans
Perseid
Perseids
Persephone
Persepolis
Perseus
Pershing
Persia
Persian
Persian Empire
Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf War
Persian Gulf illness

Literary usage of Persea borbonia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Twigs and petioles densely tomentose. i. Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. Red or Sweet Bay. Fig. 1967. ... Persea borbonia Spreng. Syst. 2: 268. 1825. ..."

2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1905)
"... red bay (Persea borbonia), and red mulberry (Morns rubra) often attained the proportions of trees, and almost reached the top of the dunes. ..."

3. Pamphlets on Forestry in North Carolina (1897)
"In the eastern section of North Carolina it is largely manufactured into lumber. .The best logs are usually sawed into furniture squares. Persea borbonia ..."

4. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1922)
"Persea borbonia Spreng. Red Bay. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, entire, often slightly contracted into a long point rounded at apex, gradually narrowed ..."

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