big laurel

American  

noun

South Midland U.S.

1. the rhododendron.

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Etymology

Origin of big laurel

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

He said he “loved Ed Wood,” and that he is a “big Laurel and Hardy” fan. 

From Forbes

Bob beat a precipitate retreat, and pitched me headlong into a big laurel hedge, near the gate.

From Project Gutenberg

It was open, and inside, under the shelter of a big laurel, stood a woman with a basket.

From Project Gutenberg

Quietly she stole past the sassafras brake to the big laurel.

From Project Gutenberg

And then he saw something else—the sudden spring, from behind a big laurel bush, of a man—a short-statured, slight- figured man, who leapt on Chen Li with the agility of a panther.

From Project Gutenberg