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Laurel , a . ( From lauro and -áceo ). 1. adj. look-alike Laurel. 2. adj. Bot. It is said the dicotyledonous Angiosperms plants tree usually leaves are alternate and sometimes opposite, leathery, persistent and without stipules, Flowers hermaphrodite or dioecious by abortion and arranged in umbel or panicle, berries fruit or berries of a single seed without albumen; e.g. the Bay laurel, cinnamon tree, the camphor and avocado. U t. c. s. f.