1. (noun)
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 Synonyms: mountainlaurel, sassafraslaurel, woodlaurel, spicetree, pepperwood, calicobush