Lexic.us

Definition of Laurel cherry

1. Noun. Frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil.

2. Noun. Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laurel Cherry

lauraceous laurae lauras laurate laurates laureate laureated laureates laureateship laureateships

laureating laureation laureations laurel laurel-tree laurel cherry (current term) laurel family laurel fever laurel green laurel oak

laurel sumac laurel water laurel willow laurel wreath laureled laureling laurelite laurelled laurelling laurels

Literary usage of Laurel cherry

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

1. An Encyclopaedia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"The Laurel-Cherry Trees. Sect. Char. Evergreen. Flowers in racemes. » f 28. ... The Portugal Laurel-Cherry, or common Portugal Laurel. ..."

2. The Cyanide Industry Theoretically and Practically Considered: Theoretically by R. Robine, M. Lenglen, Charles Edward Munroe (1906)
"Take 1 cc. of the medicinal hydrocyanic acid, or 100 cc. of the laurel-cherry or bitter-almond extract, or 0.5 gram of alkaline cyanide dissolved in about ..."

3. Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States: Their Names and Ranges by George Bishop Sudworth (1898)
"laurel cherry. RANGE.—Coast region and islands (15 to 20 miles inland) from Smith Carolina ... Mock Olive (Fla.); Carolinian Cherry (lit.); laurel cherry. ..."

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