Bay tree

Bay tree

Bay tree can refer to:

* Bay Laurel
* Umbellularia


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  • Bay tree — A species of laurel. ({Laurus nobilis}). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bay tree — bay ,tree noun count a tree with leaves that are used as an HERB in cooking …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • bay tree — noun 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 • Syn: ↑true laurel, ↑bay, ↑bay laurel, ↑Laurus nobilis • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • bay tree — 1. laurel (def. 1). 2. See California laurel (def. 1). [1520 30] * * * ▪ Laurus genus       any of several small trees with aromatic leaves, especially the sweet bay, or bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), source of the bay leaf (q.v.) used in cooking.… …   Universalium

  • bay tree — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bay tree : singular bay tree plural bay trees a tree with leaves that are used as a herb in cooking …   English dictionary

  • Bay tree —    Named only in Ps. 37:35, Authorized Version. The Hebrew word so rendered is ereh, which simply means native born , i.e., a tree not transplanted, but growing on its native soil, and therefore luxuriantly. If the psalmist intended by this word… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • BAY TREE — The oren, mentioned only once in the Bible (Isa. 44:14), is identified in the Talmud (RH 23a) with ara, the bay tree. It is mentioned in the Mishnah (Par. 3:8) as being among the trees that were used in preparing the fire for the burning of the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • bay tree — /ˈbeɪ tri/ (say bay tree) noun → bay4 (def. 1) …  

  • Bay Tree (Fabergé egg) — The Bay tree egg (also known as the Orange tree egg) is a jewelled carved nephrite and enameled Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1911 [http://www.treasuresofimperialrussia.com/e chap9… …   Wikipedia

  • bay-tree — n. Bay, laurel tree, sweet laurel …   New dictionary of synonyms

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