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camphor laurels

camphor laurels is the plural of camphor laurel.

Meaning of camphor laurel

Noun

camphor laurel (plural camphor laurels)

  1. A species of large, evergreen tree, Cinnamomum camphora, family Lauraceae, native to East Asia and widely introduced elsewhere where it can become invasive; the primary natural source of camphor.
    • Now large tracts of land are given over to the cultivation of the camphor laurel.March 1920, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine, pages 265–6
    Synonyms:
    camphor tree

Questions about camphor laurels

What is camphor laurels the plural of?
Camphor laurels is the plural of camphor laurel.

Words near camphor laurels in the dictionary

  1. camphols
  2. camphone
  3. camphones
  4. camphor
  5. camphor laurel
  6. camphor laurels
  7. camphor tree
  8. camphor trees
  9. camphoraceous
  10. camphorate
  11. camphorated

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