camphor laurel

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noun

an Australian name for the camphor tree, now occurring in the wild in parts of Australia

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Words nearby camphor laurel

camphor, camphorate, camphorated oil, camphor ball, camphor ice, camphor laurel, camphor oil, camphor tree, camphorweed, Campignian, campimeter

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How to use camphor laurel in a sentence

So when my wife and I moved to Laurel Canyon I spent my first year working night and day on the show.
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Did McCarthy invent the portrayal of violence in fiction, or should that laurel go to Homer?
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If Pat Roberts lived in Dodge City, why did he travel 1,400 miles out of his way to purchase his car in Laurel, Maryland?
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But no laurel wreaths waited for Marina on the day of her victory.
Marina Rikhvanova’s Quest To Save Russia’s Lake Baikal|Anna Nemtsova|November 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST

One artist, Edgardo Aragón from Oaxaca, tries to capture that in an exhibition at the Laurel Gitlen Gallery.
Mexico’s Dark Past and Present|William O’Connor|June 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He went out into the garden, and the rustling of the laurel-bushes frightened him.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Furs should be kept in a box, alone, and in summer carefully packed, with a quantity of lump camphor to protect from moths.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley
In this case, never leave home without a straw-covered bottle of brandy, and another of camphor, in your carpet-bag.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley
Burn the male olive-branch and the pine twig and juniper, and let the blazing laurel crackle amid the hearth.
The Religion of Ancient Rome|Cyril Bailey
The composer was recalled fifteen times and presented with a laurel wreath.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky