cherry laurel

cherry laurel

English

Prunus laurocerasus, cherry laurel

Noun

cherry laurel (plural cherry laurels)

1. An evergreen cherry in the section Prunus sect. Laurocerasus, some of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
   1. Prunus laurocerasus, an evergreen shrub, native to regions bordering the Black Sea in southwestern Asia.
   2. Prunus caroliniana, native to the southeastern United States.

Synonyms

• (Prunus laurocerasus): English laurel

Translations

Prunus laurocerasus

Finnish: laakerikirsikka French: laurier-cerise (fr) m Georgian: წყავი (c̣q̇avi) Irish: labhras silíní m

Romanian: laur balcan m Russian: лаврови́шня (ru) f (lavrovíšnja) Spanish: laurel cerezo m, laurel real m, lauroceraso (es) m

Further reading

• cherry laurel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia