Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States.
Portuguese
laranja-de-osage Synonyms
Examples for "cherry laurel"
Examples for "cherry laurel"
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Oil of bitter almonds and cherry laurel water are poisonous in consequence of containing prussic acid.
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And some other people -who wanted something bulky and fast -planted Japanese or cherry laurel.
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I took a tube which was supposed to contain alcohol, but which did contain cherry laurel water.
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The event featured wild orange hair, black vampire-style dresses, slashed sleeves and ripped tops.
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The sweet and wild orange grows here, and some extensive groves are to be seen.
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It was a hornet, but larger than my thumb, with wild orange stripes across its pulsating abdomen.
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Both these birds build their nests six or seven feet above the ground, on thorny bushes, or in wild orange trees.
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He moved too rapidly then for my old limbs, and disappeared among those groves of wild orange that fill your neighborhood.
Spanish
syringa Large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes.
Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit.
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There were fig-trees, persimmons, mock orange, and shrubs ablaze with blossoms.
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This is true of grapes, quince, hybrid perpetual roses, shrubby hibiscus, crape myrtle, mock orange, hydrangea (paniculata), and others.
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The sweet smell of mallow and mock orange flowers wafted through the byways, perfuming the cobblestone lanes sweeter than a baby's breath.
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In the foyer and dining room and kitchen, the air swims with the scent of phantom flowers, shimmering with sweet, heavy mock orange.
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The sense of peace the poet feels in her garden with its mock orange and sky-blue delphiniums is warming, but her fire has gone.
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Mock orange is not herbaceous, because it has a woody stem.
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We take our choice today between finding deer-brush and digging for amole, because the mock oranges aren't ripe enough to be nice and soapy yet.
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The Carpenteria is nearly related to the Mock Orange (Philadelphus), grows about 10 feet in height, with lithe and slender branches, and light gray leaves.