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Definition of Laurus

1. Noun. Small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves.

Definition of Laurus

1. n. A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus.

Medical Definition of Laurus

1. A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus. Origin: L, laurel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Laurus

Laurer's canal laurestine lauric lauric acid lauric acid lauric acids lauric acid in-chain-hydroxylase lauric acid monooxygenase laurin laurinol

laurite Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior Lauritz Melchior laurone laurus Laurus (current term) Laurus nobilis lauryl alcohol Lausanne Lautaro Faction of the United Popular Action Movem

Lautaro Popular Rebel Forces Lautaro Youth Movement Lauth's canal Lauth's ligament Lauth's violet lauwine lauwines LAV lav lava

Literary usage of Laurus

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1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"JV"6/c, Laurus — Í. So.«, Nerium oleander—l. de ... and the berries are an ingredient in the Laurus ... US Laurus CUBEBA, Piper cub«ba — 1. ..."

2. Flora of the Southern United States: Containing Abridged Descriptions of the by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1872)
"(Laurus Benzoin, L.) —Banks of streams and low woods, Florida, and northward. Feb. and March. — A shrub 6°- 10° high, with spicy bark. Leaves 3' - 5' long. ..."

3. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"Torrey Bot. Club, vol. xxxi, p. 77, pl. lii, fig. 2. Laurus ... Survey of New Jersey for 1905, pp. 138-141. Laurus ..."

4. The Essentials of Materia Medica, and Therapeutics by Alfred Baring Garrod (1865)
"Laurus. Sweet Bayberry (not officinal). The fruit of Laurus no- bilis, or Sweet Bay; Lin. ... It is worthy of note, that the leaves of Laurus Cerasus, ..."

5. Elements of Botany: Or, Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables by Benjamin Smith Barton (1804)
"The genus Laurus gives name to an order in the system of Mr. de Jussieu. It is the fourth order of his sixth class. In the system of the same learned ..."

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