Persea borbonia

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Persea borbonia
    n 1: small tree of southern United States having dark red
         heartwood [syn: {laurel-tree}, {red bay}, {Persea
         borbonia}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

laurel-tree \laurel-tree\ n.
   A small tree ({Persea borbonia}) of the Southern U. S. having
   dark red heartwood.

   Syn: red bay, {Persea borbonia}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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