cherry laurel

English

Noun

cherry laurel (plural cherry laurels)

1. An evergreen cherry in the section Prunus sect. Laurocerasus, some of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
   1. Prunus laurocerasus, an evergreen shrub, native to regions bordering the Black Sea in southwestern Asia.
   2. Prunus caroliniana, native to the southeastern United States.

Synonyms

• (Prunus laurocerasus): English laurel

Translations

Prunus laurocerasus

Armenian: ծվաղենի (hy) (cvaġeni), դափնեկեռաս (hy) (dapʻnekeṙas) Bulgarian: лавровишна f (lavrovišna) Catalan: llorer-cirer (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 桂櫻 / 桂樱 (zh) (guìyīng) Finnish: laakerikirsikka French: laurier-cerise (fr) m Georgian: წყავი (ka) (c̣q̇avi) German: Lorbeerkirsche (de) f Irish: labhras silíní m Laz: მწუ (mǯu), მწკოლი (mǯǩoli), პოზი (p̌ozi) (the wild form) Mingrelian: წყეი (c̣q̇ei), წყოლი (c̣q̇oli) Pontic Greek: δράφηνο (dráfino), δράφινα (dráfina) Romanian: laur englezesc m Russian: лаврови́шня (ru) f (lavrovíšnja) Spanish: laurel cerezo m, laurel real m, lauroceraso (es) m Svan: წყაუ̂ (c̣q̇aû) Turkish: taflan (tr), karayemiş (tr) Welsh: coed llawrgeirios f pl

Further reading

• cherry laurel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia