great laurel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of great laurel
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
Example Sentences
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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 Fannie Louise Apjohn
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 Eden Phillpotts
They deposited their basket where Betty would find it, under the shadow of the great laurel in the back avenue.
From A World of Girls The Story of a School by L. T. Meade
The "great laurel" of the northern United States is Rhododendron maximum.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
In her hands she carries a great laurel wreath.
From Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People by Constance D'Arcy Mackay
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