pig laurel

pig laurel
noun
North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock
Hypernyms: ↑kalmia

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  • pig-laurel — siauralapis grėsvis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Erikinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Kalmia angustifolia), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Kalmia angustifolia angl. dwarf laurel; lambkill; pig… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • sheep laurel — Lambkill Lamb kill , n. (Bot.) A small American ericaceous shrub ({Kalmia angustifolia}), resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; called also {calfkill}, {sheepkill}, {sheep laurel}, etc. It is supposed to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dwarf-laurel — siauralapis grėsvis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Erikinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Kalmia angustifolia), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Kalmia angustifolia angl. dwarf laurel; lambkill; pig… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • sheep-laurel — siauralapis grėsvis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Erikinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Kalmia angustifolia), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Kalmia angustifolia angl. dwarf laurel; lambkill; pig… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • sheep laurel — noun North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock • Syn: ↑pig laurel, ↑lambkill, ↑Kalmia angustifolia • Hypernyms: ↑kalmia …   Useful english dictionary

  • Nissan Laurel — Not to be confused with Nissan Largo. Contents 1 First generation (C30) (1968–1972) 2 Second generation (C130) (1972–1977) …   Wikipedia

  • National Pig Day — is an event held annually on March 1 in the United States to celebrate the pig. The holiday celebration was started in 1972 by sisters Ellen Stanley, a teacher in Lubbock, Texas, and Mary Lynne Rave of Beaufort, North Carolina.[1][2][3] According …   Wikipedia

  • Ground laurel — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ground pig — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • kalmia — /kal mee euh/, n. any North American evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Kalmia, of the heath family, having showy flowers, as the mountain laurel. [ < NL (Linnaeus), after Peter Kalm (1715 79), Swedish botanist; see IA] * * * ▪ evergreen… …   Universalium

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