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Definition of Bay laurel

1. Noun. 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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bay Laurel

Literary usage of Bay laurel

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

1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The fruit consists of a succulent berry surrounded by the persistent base of the perianth. The bay laurel is a native of Italy, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The bay laurel is a native of Italy, Greece, and North Africa, ... The bay laurel was carried to North America by the early colonists, but, like the others, ..."

3. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"bay laurel, Bay tree, Sweet Bay, Noble Laurel; Ger. Lorbeer; Fr. Laurier commun (Codex); Sp. Laurel. Leaves- aromatic, condiment ; fruit, Bay-berries, ..."

4. J. M. Nickell's Botanical Ready Reference (1880)
"Indian Bay. Berries. Sweet Bay. European Bay Bernes. Leaves and Fruit, aro. ña. äst. sto. car. bay laurel. Bay Leaves. Laurel. European bay laurel. ..."

5. Organic materia medica: Including the Standard Remedies of the Leading by Parke, Davis & Company, Davis & Company Parke (1888)
"Dose, 1 to 5 grains (.00 to .3 Gm.) bay laurel (I). ... Extract bay laurel Concentrated. For the extemporaneous preparation of the above, ..."

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