Definition of Sheep laurel

1. Noun. North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock.

Exact synonyms: Kalmia Angustifolia, Lambkill, Pig Laurel
Generic synonyms: Kalmia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheep Laurel

sheep-shagger
sheep-shaggers
sheep-split
sheep-splits
sheep-tick
sheep bell
sheep botfly
sheep bots
sheep dip
sheep diseases
sheep dog
sheep fescue
sheep frog
sheep gadfly
sheep ked
sheep laurel (current term)
sheep louse
sheep pen
sheep plant
sheep polyphore
sheep polypore
sheep rot
sheep shagger
sheep shaggers
sheep sorrel
sheep tick
sheepback
sheepbacks
sheepberries
sheepberry

Literary usage of Sheep laurel

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

1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1909)
"... great bay, trembling aspen, white birch, and such shrubs as high bush blueberry, leather-leaf, sheep- laurel, black alder, rhodora, mountain holly, ..."

2. Trees and Tree-planting by James Sanks Brisbin (1888)
"sheep laurel.—A Contrasted Difference. — Properties of its Leaves.—The Great Laurel.—Region of its Abundance.—Climate and Situation Congenial to its Growth. ..."

3. Trees and Tree-planting by James Sanks Brisbin (1888)
"sheep laurel.—A Contrasted Difference. — Properties of its Leaves.—The Great Laurel.—Region of its Abundance.—Climate and Situation Congenial to its Growth. ..."

4. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"KALMIA, L. sheep laurel, etc. Ericaceae. Named for Peter Ealm, a pupil of Linneus, d. 1779. Evergreen shrubs with showy flowers. About 6 species, 1 of Cuba ..."

5. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"King. sarsaparilla, inner bark of white pine, of each, l Ib.; mezereon (kept by druggists), 4 ozs.; sheep laurel, £ Ib.; water, 4 gals.; white sugar, ..."

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