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sheep laurel

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noun
a low North American shrub, Kalmia angustifolia, of the heath family, having oblong leaves poisonous to grazing animals.
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Also called dwarf laurel, lambkill.

Origin of sheep laurel

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Words nearby sheep laurel

sheephead, sheepherder, sheepish, sheepishly, sheep ked, sheep laurel, sheeple, sheepman, sheep measles, sheepo, sheep race
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How to use sheep laurel in a sentence

  • Here and there on the mountain side and along the highroad he noticed the massed pink and white clusters of the sheep laurel.

    Flamsted quarries|Mary E. Waller

  • In this region the rhododendron is called laurel and the laurel (the sheep-laurel of New England) is called ivy.

    On Horseback|Charles Dudley Warner
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