laurel

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Laurus nobilis, bay, bay laurel, bay tree, true laurel

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

Cinnamomum camphora, camphor tree

large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphor

Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, cinnamon

tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon

Cinnamomum cassia, cassia, cassia-bark tree

Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon

Cinnamomum loureirii, Saigon cinnamon

tropical southeast Asian tree with aromatic bark; yields a bark used medicinally

Persea borbonia, laurel-tree, red bay

small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood

Sassafras albidum, sassafras, sassafras tree

yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America

California bay tree, California laurel, California olive, Oregon myrtle, Umbellularia californica, mountain laurel, pepperwood, sassafras laurel, spice tree

Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood

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angiospermous tree, flowering tree

any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary