a small Eurasian shrub with sweet-scented flowers and, typically, evergreen leaves
a nymph who was turned into a laurel bush to save her from the amorous pursuit of Apollo
a small Eurasian shrub with sweet-scented flowers and, typically, evergreen leaves
(1907–89), English novelist; granddaughter of George du Maurier. Notable works: Jamaica Inn (1936), Rebecca (1938), and The Birds (1952)
a Eurasian shrub with fragrant purplish-red flowers and poisonous red berries, found chiefly in calcareous woodlands
a low-growing evergreen Eurasian shrub with leathery leaves, small green flowers, and black poisonous berries