bay tree

Questions about bay tree

What does bay tree mean?

bay tree means "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".

What is another word for bay tree?

Close synonyms include true laurel, bay, bay laurel, Laurus nobilis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bay tree a common word?

bay tree is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.