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Noun: laurel cherry
  1. Frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil
    - cherry laurel, Prunus laurocerasus
     
  2. Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
    - cherry laurel, mock orange, wild orange, Prunus caroliniana

Derived forms: laurel cherries

Type of: angiospermous tree, bush, flowering tree, shrub

Part of: genus Prunus, Prunus