laurustinus

American  

[lawr-uh-stahy-nuhs] / ˌlɔr əˈstaɪ nəs /

noun

1. a southern European evergreen shrub, Viburnum tinus, of the honeysuckle family, having large clusters of white or pinkish flowers.

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laurustinus British  

/ ˌlɔːrəˈstaɪnəs /

noun

1. a Mediterranean caprifoliaceous shrub, Viburnum tinus, with glossy evergreen leaves and white or pink fragrant flowers

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Etymology

Origin of laurustinus

1655–65; < New Latin, formerly laurus tīnus ( Latin laurus laurel + tīnus a plant, perhaps laurustinus)

Example Sentences

Gladys gave a little shriek of dismay as Daisy thrust her parasol into a laurustinus.

From Daisy's Aunt by Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)

Round the house ran an area, in which grew some laurustinus and holly bushes among ash heaps, and nettles, and broken bottles.

From Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin

The doctor walked away with Helen, and as soon as they were out of sight, behind the great laurustinus clump, Helen threw her arms about his neck, and kissed him for saving her pet birds.

From Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel by Dadd, Frank

Most of the hills through which they strike, after starting from Ajaccio, are clothed with a thick brushwood of box, ilex, lentisk, arbutus, and laurustinus, which stretches down irregularly into vineyards, olive-gardens, and meadows.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes

“Why not this very night?” he asked himself, stepping nervously out from the laurustinus, and glaring at the moon, whose thin crescent flickered feebly through cumulus clouds.

From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne