bay tree

American  

noun

1. laurel.

2. California laurel.

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bay tree British  

noun

1. another name for bay 4

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Etymology

Origin of bay tree

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

They include the black bear, Western scrub jay, California flannel brush, California bumble bee, California halibut, Northern elephant seal, Dungeness crab, California bay tree, Western spadefoot toad, and the endangered black abalone.

From Los Angeles Times

There, picnic in Olympic Forest, surrounded by Egyptian date palms and Greek sweet bay trees.

From Los Angeles Times

I'm also a big fan of their bay rum bitters, which is made using leaves from the West India bay tree Anderman keeps on the premises.

From Salon

We tasted the fruit of a quince tree, a bay tree, wild rosemary and arugula.

From Washington Post

Or maybe they had gone outside to read—or to shimmy down a deer path, through the fallen oak leaves and the bay trees on the cliff below.

From The New Yorker