| bay leaf | | |
| n. (food) | 1. bay leaf | dried leaf of the bay laurel. |
| ~ herb | aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities. |
| ~ bay laurel, bay tree, laurus nobilis, true laurel, bay | 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. |
| laurel | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. laurel | any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family. |
| ~ family lauraceae, lauraceae, laurel family | a family of Lauraceae. |
| ~ bay laurel, bay tree, laurus nobilis, true laurel, bay | 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. |
| ~ camphor tree, cinnamomum camphora | 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. |
| ~ cassia-bark tree, cinnamomum cassia, cassia | 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. |
| ~ laurel-tree, persea borbonia, red bay | small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood. |
| ~ sassafras, sassafras albidum, 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, pepperwood, sassafras laurel, umbellularia californica, mountain laurel, spice tree | Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood. |
| ~ angiospermous tree, flowering tree | any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary. |
| n. (person) | 2. arthur stanley jefferson laurel, laurel, stan laurel | United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965). |
| ~ laurel and hardy | United States slapstick comedy duo who made many films together. |
| ~ comedian, comic | a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. bay wreath, laurel, laurel wreath | (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory. |
| ~ chaplet, coronal, lei, wreath, garland | flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes. |
| ~ ellas, greece, hellenic republic | a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil. |
| ~ antiquity | the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe. |
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