bay laurel

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bay laurel

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bay laurel - small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors

bay tree, Laurus nobilis, true laurel, bay

bay leaf - dried leaf of the bay laurel

laurel - any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family

genus Laurus, Laurus - small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves

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But don't confuse this laurel with Laurus or the Bay Laurel, which is used in cooking, as the Common laurel leaves are poisonous.

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Spindly hedges are easily saved by adding bay laurel or bushy boxwoods.

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La Vie Rustic sweet bay laurel, $10; lavierustic.com.

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The first references date to the Levant (modern day Syria) where soap makers would create their products out of bay laurel oil in conjunction with olive oil, water and lye.

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This wine has beautiful structure--elegant tannins and length are highlighted by notes of bay laurel, all spice, and mulberry.

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That accounts for the kumquat, avocado and bay laurel trees at my kitchen window.

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Bay Laurel is a very handsome tree or a large shrub when mature, and an asset to have in any garden.

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By that time, 'old' Daddy Gordon would be able to take a long vacation from the heat and stress of the TV kitchen, go on a world tour, switch off, and smell-the coriander, bay laurel, catnip, chervil, cilantro and squash flowers!

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A preliminary study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the Bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) extract on growth performance and body composition of the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus, Burchell, 1822).

Effect of Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis) Extract on Growth of the African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

Suitability of California bay laurel and other species as hosts for the nonnative redbay ambrosia beetle and granulate ambrosia beetle.

First report of Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and laurel wilt in Louisiana, USA: the disease continues westward on sassafras

ramorum can remain viable on detached leaves of bay laurel (Umbellularia californica) for several weeks (Harnik et al.