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单词 mountain laurel
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mountain laurel


noun

a North American laurel, Kalmia latifolia, having terminal clusters of rose to white flowers: the state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
Also called calico bush.

Origin of mountain laurel

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60

Words nearby mountain laurel

mountain everlasting, mountain fetterbush, mountain goat, mountain gorilla, mountain holly fern, mountain laurel, mountain lion, mountain magnolia, mountain mahogany, mountain man, mountain maple
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Example sentences from the Web for mountain laurel

  • Seven days he ate no food, and quenched his thirst with only the dew which lay upon the mountain-laurel.

    Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)|James Athearn Jones
  • The mountain-laurel welcomes the twilight moth with an impulsive multiple embrace.

    My Studio Neighbors|William Hamilton Gibson

British Dictionary definitions for mountain laurel

mountain laurel

noun

any of various ericaceous shrubs or trees of the genus Kalmia, esp K. latifolia of E North America, which has leathery poisonous leaves and clusters of pink or white flowersAlso called: calico bush
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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