noun
small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood
• Syn: ↑red bay, ↑Persea borbonia
• Hypernyms: ↑laurel
• Member Holonyms: ↑Persea, ↑genus Persea
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ nounEtymology: Middle English lorel tre laurel, from lorel laurel + tre, tree tree
: red bay
Useful english dictionary. 2012.