noun
1. a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers
• Syn: ↑wood laurel, ↑American laurel, ↑calico bush, ↑Kalmia latifolia
• Hypernyms: ↑kalmia
2. 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, ↑sassafras laurel, ↑California olive, ↑Umbellularia californica
• Hypernyms: ↑laurel
• Member Holonyms: ↑Umbellularia, ↑genus Umbellularia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.