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Laurel-tree   /lˈɔrəl-tri/   Listen
Laurel-tree

noun
1.
Small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood.  Synonyms: Persea borbonia, red bay.






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"Laurel-tree" Quotes from Famous Books



... the palace and its massive pile, Made dubious if of nature or of art, So wild and so uncouth; yet, all the while, Shaped to strange grace in every varying part. And groves adorned it, green in hue, and bright, As icicles about a laurel-tree; And danced about their twigs a wonderous light; Whence came that light so far beneath the sea? Zophiel looked up to know, and to his view The vault scarce seemed less vast than that of day; No rocky roof was seen; a tender blue Appeared, as of ...
— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 • Various



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