noun
Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
• Syn:
↑California laurel, ↑California bay tree, ↑Oregon myrtle, ↑pepperwood, ↑spice tree, ↑California olive, ↑mountain laurel, ↑Umbellularia californica
• Hypernyms: ↑laurel
• Member Holonyms: ↑Umbellularia, ↑genus Umbellularia
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nounUseful english dictionary. 2012.