Noun mountain laurel has 2 senses
- mountain laurel, wood laurel, American laurel, calico bush, Kalmia latifolia - a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers
--1 is a kind of kalmia
- California laurel, California bay tree, Oregon myrtle, pepperwood, spice tree, sassafras laurel, California olive, mountain laurel, Umbellularia californica - Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
--2 is a kind of laurel
--2 is a member of Umbellularia, genus Umbellularia
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