laurus nobilis

Questions about laurus nobilis

What does laurus nobilis mean?

laurus nobilis 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 laurus nobilis?

Close synonyms include true laurel, bay, bay laurel, bay tree. 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 laurus nobilis a common word?

laurus nobilis 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.