sweet bay

  1. laurel ()
  2. ☆ a North American magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) with fragrant, white flowers, common along the coast from Maine to Texas

See sweet bay in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A shrub or small tree (Magnolia virginiana) of the southeast United States and eastern coastal areas north to Massachusetts, having large fragrant white flowers and red fruit.
  2. See laurel.
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