true laurel

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   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

   Synonymsbaybay laurelbay treeLaurus nobilis

   Broaderlaurel

   Part ofLaurus

   Partsbay leaf

Questions about true laurel

What does true laurel mean?

true laurel 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 true laurel?

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

true 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.