big laurel

noun

1

: evergreen magnolia

2

: a large large-leaved evergreen rhododendron (Rhododendron maxima) of eastern North America having the leaves hairy below and rosy bell-shaped flowers more or less speckled with green

called also great laurel, rosebay

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