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SPURGE LAUREL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does spurge laurel mean?

• SPURGE LAUREL (noun)
The noun SPURGE LAUREL has 1 sense:

1. bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers

Familiarity information: SPURGE LAUREL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SPURGE LAUREL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Daphne laureola; spurge laurel; wood laurel

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

daphne (any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers)

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