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  • 21California bay tree — noun Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood • Syn: ↑California laurel, ↑Oregon myrtle, ↑pepperwood, ↑spice tree, ↑sassafras laurel, ↑California olive, ↑mountain …

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  • 22bay leaf — noun dried leaf of the bay laurel • Hypernyms: ↑herb • Part Holonyms: ↑true laurel, ↑bay, ↑bay laurel, ↑bay tree, ↑Laurus nobilis * * * noun Etymology …

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  • 23Bay Laurel — taxobox name = Bay Laurel image caption = Bay Laurel ( Laurus nobilis ) flower buds and leaves regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Magnoliids ordo = Laurales familia = Lauraceae genus = Laurus species = L. nobilis… …

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  • 24bay — bay1 /bay/, n. 1. a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf. 2. South Atlantic States. an arm of a swamp. 3. a recess of land, partly surrounded by hills. 4. an arm of a prairie or swamp,… …

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  • 25bay — bay1 [beı] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(sea)¦ 2 keep/hold something at bay 3¦(area)¦ 4¦(for cargo)¦ 5¦(tree)¦ 6¦(horse)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1; Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: baie, from Old Spanish bahia] [ …

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  • 26bay — 1 noun (C) 1 SEA an area of the sea that curves inwards towards the land: I had a view across the bay to white sand and pine trees. | Montego Bay 2 keep/hold sth at bay to prevent something dangerous or unpleasant from happening or from coming… …

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  • 27Tree weta — Taxobox name = Tree weta image width = 250px image caption = Male Wellington tree weta Hemideina crassidens regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Orthoptera subordo = Ensifera familia = Anostostomatidae genus = Hemideina… …

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  • 28Bay Springs, Mississippi — Infobox Settlement official name = Bay Springs, Mississippi settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Bay Springs, Mississippi mapsize1 …

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  • 29bay — 1. n. 1 a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inwards. 2 a recess in a mountain range. Phrases and idioms: Bay State US Massachusetts. Etymology: ME f. OF baie f. OSp. bahia 2. n. 1 (in full bay laurel) a laurel, Laurus nobilis, having… …

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  • 30bay laurel — noun small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors • Syn: ↑true laurel, ↑bay, ↑bay tree, ↑Laurus nobilis • Hypernyms: ↑laurel… …

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