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MOUNTAIN LAUREL

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• MOUNTAIN LAUREL (noun)
The noun MOUNTAIN LAUREL has 2 senses:

1. a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers
2. Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood

Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN LAUREL used as a noun is rare.

• MOUNTAIN LAUREL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American laurel; calico bush; Kalmia latifolia; mountain laurel; wood laurel

Hypernyms ("mountain laurel" is a kind of...):

kalmia (any plant of the genus Kalmia)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

California bay tree; California laurel; California olive; Umbellularia californica; Oregon myrtle; pepperwood; sassafras laurel; spice tree; mountain laurel

Hypernyms ("mountain laurel" is a kind of...):

laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)

Holonyms ("mountain laurel" is a member of...):

genus Umbellularia; Umbellularia (aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast)

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