camphor laurel

English

Noun

camphor laurel (plural camphor laurels)

  1. A species of large, evergreen tree, Cinnamomum camphora, family Lauraceae, native to East Asia and widely introduced elsewhere where it can become invasive; the primary natural source of camphor.
    Synonym: camphor tree
    • March 1920, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine‎[1], pages 265–6:
      Now large tracts of land are given over to the cultivation of the camphor laurel.
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