Definition of "laurel-tree" [laurel-tree]

• A small tree (Persea borbonia) of the Southern U. S. having dark red heartwood. (noun)

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• "He raised her carefully, bore her to the foot of a great laurel-tree, and taking his cloak, placed her on it, and bent over her in agony."
• "Therese recognized among them, alone, at a small table against a laurel-tree in a box, Choulette lighting his pipe."
• "Slid from the hill, as crumbling snow-peaks slide, citron on citron fill the valley, and delight waits till our spirits tire of forest, grove and bush and purple flower of the laurel-tree"