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    SASSAFRAS LAUREL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough woodplay

    Synonyms:

    California bay tree; California laurel; California olive; mountain laurel; Oregon myrtle; pepperwood; sassafras laurel; spice tree; Umbellularia californica

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("sassafras laurel" is a kind of...):

    laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)

    Holonyms ("sassafras laurel" is a member of...):

    genus Umbellularia; Umbellularia (aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast)

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