laurel cherry

noun

a tree, Prunus caroliniana, of the rose family, of the southeastern U.S., having small, milky-white flowers and black, shiny fruit.
Also called cherry laurel, mock orange, wild orange.

Origin of laurel cherry

First recorded in 1780–90

Words nearby laurel cherry

laurate, laureate, laureen, laurel, laurel and hardy, laurel cherry, laurel family, laurel oak, lauren, laurence, laurence-moon syndrome

Example sentences from the Web for laurel cherry

  • The eighth description, that of the "laurel-cherry," applies to a graft and not to a variety.

    The Cherries of New York |U. P. Hedrick