red bay

American  

noun

1. an evergreen tree, Persea borbonia, of the eastern coast of the U.S., having faintly bluish-green leaves and blue or blue-black, red-stalked fruit, grown as an ornamental.

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Etymology

Origin of red bay

An Americanism dating back to 1720–30

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Example Sentences

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red bay

Wallace arrived on his horse Old John, a red bay with white feet and a piebald face.

From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2013

He took it to the white cities of the Genoese Gulf, towards the palm trees of Hyères, or the red bay trees of Anthéor.

From Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant

It was the same red bay, but now the boy on the black horse moved his hands forward a little and his mount came easily to the leader's side.

From Blister Jones by Jay Hambridge

From time to time we forded little streams of a deep-red color, flowing from the swamps, tinged, as we were told, with the roots of the red bay, a species of magnolia.

From Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America by William Cullen Bryant

He roped a big, red bay, smooth, with a glossy coat that shone like a flame in the clear white light of the morning sun.

From The Trail Horde by Charles Alden Seltzer

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