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

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laurustinus

“Well, I never!” whispered Peter, peering through the laurustinus, and watching the boy.

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

“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

She walked quickly down the laurustinus alley toward the gate; there she paused a moment, glancing about the little shady square.

From The Greater Inclination by Wharton, Edith

Monterey pines, Monterey cypresses, Lawson cypresses, acacias, laurustinus, veronicas and dahlias are grouped so as to make a most remarkable effect in form and color.

From Palaces and Courts of the Exposition by James, Juliet Helena Lumbard

So was another on the other bank, and directly after came a sound with which he was perfectly familiar at the doctor’s—a sound that came beneath his window among the laurustinus bushes.

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