laurustinus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of laurustinus
1655–65; < New Latin, formerly laurus tīnus ( Latin laurus laurel + tīnus a plant, perhaps laurustinus)
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Get some boughs of laurustinus, and variegated box, and yew, and boy'siove; ay, and some hunches of chrysanthemum.
From Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
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 Frank Dadd
“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 Mayne Reid
They lit up the garden so vividly that each separate leaf on the laurustinus bushes cast its own sharp shadow.
From Hocken and Hunken by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
He pointed to a serpentine walk, overarched by laurustinus, and they had proceeded some yards before he spoke again.
From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Augusta J. Evans Wilson
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