Definition of "laurus" [‖Lau•rus]

• A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger Laurus Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus. (noun)

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• "Bay Leaf is harvested from the Laurel tree laurus nobilis and is noted for its distinctive fragrance when cooked."
• "They call it a slow laurus because you can see how slow it moves."
• "But I will choose a site, whose latitude shall be 45 degrees (I respect not minutes) in the midst of the temperate zone, or perhaps under the equator, that [604] paradise of the world, ubi semper virens laurus, &c. where is a perpetual spring: the longitude for some reasons I will conceal."