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

He saw the hollies, and smelt the laurustinus.

From A Prisoner in Fairyland by Blackwood, Algernon

It was separated from the Boulevard de la Madeleine by a green paddock, and was concealed in a nest of laurustinus and clematis.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various

“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

Honora had the breakfast table covered with flowers, primroses, violets, polyanthus, and laurustinus, and some of Sophy's own snowdrops, double and single, which obligingly lingered on purpose to celebrate the day.

From The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 by Hare, Augustus J. C.

My father humoured me, and we drew near to the laurustinus hedge, and looked over into the gay little garden.

From Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty