genus laurus

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   small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves

   SynonymsLaurus

   Broadermagnoliid dicot genus

   Part ofLauraceae

Questions about genus laurus

What does genus laurus mean?

genus laurus means "small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves".

What is another word for genus laurus?

Close synonyms include Laurus. 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 genus laurus a common word?

genus laurus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.