mountain laurel
nounDefinition of mountain laurel
: a North American evergreen shrub or small tree (Kalmia latifolia) of the heath family with glossy leaves and umbels of rose-colored or white flowers
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But there was lots of pruning and brush cutting to take advantage of a brush pick-up recently, and that may have given more easy access to the Texas mountain laurel and esperanza that were wounded. — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, "How to deal with the garden damage from the dang deer," 9 Aug. 2019 The woods are full of mountain laurel and ferns growing on the sides of the slope. — Peter Marteka, courant.com, "A corkscrew hike to the top of Candlewood Mountain in New Milford," 21 June 2019 It is composed of thousands of pieces of colorful cut glass that together make a unified image of the Patuxent River, local wildlife, a mill wheel, mountain laurel bushes and a river goddess. — Mary Schneidau Sullivan, baltimoresun.com, "Laurel Arts Council creates projects people can live with," 7 June 2019 In this case — and for the other arrangements — thicker stems like mountain laurel and dill flower go first to help create the initial structure for the arrangement, which can then be filled in with the thinner stems like dill, chamomile or sage. — Rachel Swalin, ELLE Decor, "How To Arrange Flowers For The Most Stunning Homemade Bouquets," 21 June 2017 There’s a pretty easy 2.5 mile loop trail that that takes you through big sharp rocky peaks, dense forest, walls of azalea and mountain laurel, and over a high-elevation, crystal clear stream. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, "An Insider’s Guide to Asheville, the Arts-Filled City Where Pottery Is Thriving," 23 Nov. 2018 While our native mountain laurel — the plain species — is deer resistant, that doesn’t always extend to hybrids of the species. — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, "Garden Q&A: Not all mountain laurel species are deer resistant," 7 June 2018 Rzeznikiewicz brought his group to a variety of different locations, including areas with conifers, open fields, marshes, water bodies, streams, shrub lands, mountain laurel thickets, and deciduous forests. — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, "Connecticut Audubon Hosts Migration Madness Weekend," 29 May 2018 The trail continues to wind through the preserve passing groves of mountain laurel to the top of the Baldwin Brook ravine. — Peter Marteka, courant.com, "A Hike Among Giants Worthy Of A King's Mark," 5 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mountain laurel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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