#laurel any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
supertype: angiospermous_tree__angiospermoustree__flowering_tree__floweringtree any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
member of: family_Lauraceae
subtype: true_laurel__bay__bay_laurel__baylaurel__bay_tree__baytree__Laurus_nobilis small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
subtype: camphor_tree__camphortree__cinnamomumcamphora large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphor
subtype: Ceylon_cinnamon_tree__cinnamon__Ceylon_cinnamon__Cinnamomum_zeylanicum tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon
subtype: Cinnamomum_cassia__cassia__cassia-bark_tree Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
subtype: Saigon_cinnamon__Cinnamomum_loureirii tropical southeast Asian tree with aromatic bark; yields a bark used medicinally
subtype: laurel-tree__red_bay__redbay__Persea_borbonia small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood
subtype: sassafras_tree__sassafrastree__sassafras__sassafra__Sassafras_albidum yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America
subtype: California_laurel__California_bay_tree__Oregon_myrtle__pepperwood__spice_tree__spicetree__sassafras_laurel__sassafraslaurel__California_olive__mountain_laurel__Umbellularia_californica Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
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