Found 2 items, similar to Cherry laurel.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cherry laurel
cherry laurel
n 1: frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree
having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy
foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil
[syn:
laurel cherry,
Prunus laurocerasus]
2: small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
[syn:
laurel cherry,
mock orange,
wild orange,
Prunus caroliniana
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cherry laurel
Laurel
\Lau"rel\, n. [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier,
laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.]
1. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus
Laurus (
Laurus nobilis
), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape,
with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their
axils; -- called also
sweet bay.
Note: The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the
Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks
to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later
period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of
laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an
aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The name is extended to other plants which in some
respect resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below.
[1913 Webster]
2. A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; --
especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
[1913 Webster]
3. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because
the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
[1913 Webster]
Laurel water, water distilled from the fresh leaves of the
cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other
products carried over in the process.
[1913 Webster]
American laurel, or
Mountain laurel,
Kalmia latifolia;
called also
calico bush. See under
Mountain.
California laurel,
Umbellularia Californica.
Cherry laurel (in England called
laurel). See under
Cherry.
Great laurel, the rosebay (
Rhododendron maximum).
Ground laurel, trailing arbutus.
New Zealand laurel, the
Laurelia Nov[ae] Zelandi[ae].
Portugal laurel, the
Prunus Lusitanica.
Rose laurel, the oleander. See
Oleander.
Sheep laurel, a poisonous shrub,
Kalmia angustifolia,
smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and
redder flowers.
Spurge laurel,
Daphne Laureola.
West Indian laurel,
Prunus occidentalis.
[1913 Webster]
Cherry
\Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr.
F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L.
cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn,
from the hardness of the wood.]
1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus
Prunus (Which also
includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony
stone;
(a) The common garden cherry (
Prunus Cerasus), of which
several hundred varieties are cultivated for the
fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart,
black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke
(corrupted from M['e]doc in France).
(b) The wild cherry; as,
Prunus serotina (wild black
cherry), valued for its timber;
Prunus Virginiana
(choke cherry), an American shrub which bears
astringent fruit;
Prunus avium and
Prunus Padus,
European trees (bird cherry).
[1913 Webster]
2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors
and flavors.
[1913 Webster]
3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry,
used in cabinetmaking, etc.
[1913 Webster]
4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
[1913 Webster]
Barbadoes cherry. See under
Barbadoes.
Cherry bird (Zo["o]l.), an American bird; the cedar bird;
-- so called from its fondness for cherries.
Cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar.
Cherry brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped.
Cherry laurel (Bot.), an evergreen shrub (
Prunus Lauro-cerasus
) common in shrubberies, the poisonous
leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds.
Cherry pepper (Bot.), a species of
Capsicum (
Capsicum cerasiforme
), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant
cherry-shaped fruit.
Cherry pit.
(a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a
hole. --Shak.
(b) A cherry stone.
Cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped.
Cherry sucker (Zo["o]l.), the European spotted flycatcher
(
Musicapa grisola); -- called also
cherry chopper
cherry snipe.
Cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries.
Ground cherry,
Winter cherry, See
Alkekengi.
[1913 Webster]