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Definition of True 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.
Terms within: Bay Leaf
Generic synonyms: Laurel
Group relationships: Genus Laurus, Laurus
Lexicographical Neighbors of True Laurel
Literary usage of True laurel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Common Things by John Denison Champlin (1884)
"The true laurel, called the noble laurel, belongs in the south of Europe, ...
The American Laurel is not a true laurel, but is rightly called kalmia, ..."
2. New England Wild Flowers and Their Seasons by William Whitman Bailey (1897)
"It, with the sassafras, belongs to th'e true laurel family, ... If one wishes to
see the leaves of true laurel or bay, used to crown heroes, ..."
3. Cultivated Plants: Their Propagation and Improvement by Frederick William Thomas Burbridge (1877)
"A group of trees or shrubs inhabiting the cooler parts of the tropics, North
America, and represented in Europe by the true Laurel of the poets (Lauras ..."
4. The London Medical Gazette (1831)
"This extract renders it plain that Mr. Brande meant the laurel-leaved cherry,
and not the true laurel ; as he could never have intended to discard the ..."
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