"mountain laurel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mountain laurels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mountain laurel (plural mountain laurels)
  1. A flowering evergreen shrub, Kalmia latifolia, in the family Ericaceae, native to the eastern United States, all parts of which are toxic, the state tree of Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Categories (lifeform): Heather family plants Synonyms (Kalmia latifolia): calico bush, clamoun, ivybush, lambkill, sheep laurel, spoonwood Translations (Kalmia latifolia): leveälehtikalmia (Finnish), ка́льмия широколи́стная (kálʹmija širokolístnaja) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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