Usage of "laurus nobilis"

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.

louro

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Examples for "bay"

In the morning of the 10th, the Discovery arrived in the bay. 
 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume... 

Keeping Angela Merkel at bay might be a good place to start. 
 The Irish Times 

Police held the crowd at the bay and there was no violence. 
 The Irish Times 

We gazed west to the sea and shoreline towns across the bay. 
 Climbing Magazine 

She had a great deal of experience keeping such panic at bay. 
 The irish warrior 

The name is extended to other plants which in some respect resemble the true laurel. 
 The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section I, J, K, ... 

For the true laurel-wreath which glory weaves 
 The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17,... 

A huge California bay laurel tree grew thirty feet from the back of the house, its massive arms stretching leafy branches in a hundred directions. 
 Her mother's hope 

Bay laurel trees, each standing taller than a man, filled the air with fragrance. 
 Bones of the Dragon 

A lattice shed had been built beyond the washhouse past the bay tree. 
 Her mother's hope 

Mr. Brown found a more lowly seat beneath a bay tree. 
 The Little Red Chimney: Being the Love Story of a Candy Man 

It is furnished by the bay tree, which grows here. 
 Little Journey to Puerto Rico / For Intermediate and Upper Grade... 

They looked like a bunch of monkeys climbing around in the big bay tree. 
 Her mother's hope 

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green- bay tree. 
 From Wealth to Poverty; Or, the Tricks of the Traffic. A Story o... 

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Meanings of laurus nobilis in English