Spurge Laurel (Noun)
Meaning
Bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Spurge-laurel has attractive glossy foliage, making it a great addition to garden hedges.
- Daphne laureola, commonly known as spurge-laurel, contains a number of toxic compounds and can be poisonous to humans.
- This area was planted with a thick cover of spurge-laurel which seems to keep everything else at bay.
- If ingested, even a small piece of the spurge-laurel shrub can be deadly, and has led to a few accidental deaths over the years.
- Since it contains some extremely toxic compounds, it's essential to handle the spurge-laurel plant with caution.