PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cherry laurel; laurel cherry; Prunus laurocerasus

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Prunus laurocerasus" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Prunus laurocerasus" is a member of...):

genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)

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