Definition of Laurelwood

1. Noun. Tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood.

Exact synonyms: Calophyllum Candidissimum, Lancewood Tree
Group relationships: Calophyllum, Genus Calophyllum
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laurelwood

laurel cherry
laurel family
laurel fever
laurel green
laurel oak
laurel sumac
laurel water
laurel willow
laurel wreath
laureled
laureling
laurelite
laurelled
laurelling
laurels
laurelwood (current term)
laurence-moon-biedl syndrome
laurentian
laurer
laurestina
laurestine
laurestines
lauric
lauric acid in-chain-hydroxylase
lauric acid monooxygenase
lauric acids
lauriferous
laurin
laurinol

Literary usage of Laurelwood

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

1. The Indian Forester (1892)
"In the forest country to the North-east and South-west of it, laurelwood is abundant. Ocotea bullata is the most important forest tree in South Africa* It ..."

2. Outing (1892)
"McDonald's laurelwood beat D. & R. Shannon's Sea Shell ; Callahan & Kennedy's Snowflake beat JF Carroll's Monarch III.; John Eagan's Governor beat JE ..."

3. Goodwin's Official Annual Turf Guide for ...Horse racing (1896)
"Beaten non-winners allowed 6 Ibs. No spurs to be used. Three furlongs and a half. (227) Caspar (Burns & Waterhouse). 244' Lady laurelwood Chevalier 3 113. ..."

4. A History of the Later Roman Empire: From Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 by John Bagnell Bury (1889)
"... example of the antique and Byzantine styles blended, and for the first time a cupola placed upon a four-cornered building. The palace of the laurelwood ..."

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