pig laurel

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   North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock

   Synonymssheep laurellambkillKalmia angustifolia

   Broaderkalmia

Questions about pig laurel

What does pig laurel mean?

pig laurel means "North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock".

What is another word for pig laurel?

Close synonyms include sheep laurel, lambkill, Kalmia angustifolia. 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 pig laurel a common word?

pig laurel 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.