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1. <botany> A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.
2. A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.
Origin: L, a laurel tree, from Gr.
(01 Mar 1998)
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