Mountain laurel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers
    American laurel; Kalmia latifolia; wood laurel; calico bush.
  2. noun Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
    sassafras laurel; California olive; pepperwood; Umbellularia californica; California bay tree; California laurel; Oregon myrtle; spice tree.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), an American shrub (Kalmia latifolia) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is poisonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and calico bush. See Kalmia.

Webster 1913