sheep laurel


noun
  1. a low North American shrub, Kalmia angustifolia, of the heath family, having oblong leaves poisonous to grazing animals.

Origin of sheep laurel

1
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Words Nearby sheep laurel

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How to use sheep laurel in a sentence

  • Here and there on the mountain side and along the highroad he noticed the massed pink and white clusters of the sheep laurel.

    Flamsted quarries | Mary E. Waller
  • In this region the rhododendron is called laurel and the laurel (the sheep-laurel of New England) is called ivy.

    On Horseback | Charles Dudley Warner