great laurel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of great laurel
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
Example Sentences
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As the time drew near, the house was hung with garlands, and every window proudly displayed a great laurel wreath tied with a huge red bow.
From The Old Gray Homestead by Keyes, Frances Parkinson
The "great laurel" of the northern United States is Rhododendron maximum.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
Born of the sunshine, on a morning in late December, gray ephemerae danced and dipped and fashioned vanishing patterns against the green of the great laurel at the corner of Drift farmyard.
From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden
Forming in fours they marched up the street under great laurel trees, of such a size as Daimur had never seen anywhere before.
From The Enchanted Island by Apjohn, Fannie Louise
Where Joan stood, the peace of the time was broken only by a gentle dripping from the leaves of a great laurel by the gate which led from the farmyard to the fields.
From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden
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