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bay [ bay ]


noun  (plural bays)
Definition:
 
1. tree with aromatic leaves: a small evergreen tree of the laurel family with stiff dark green aromatic leaves. Use: flavoring in cooking. Native to: Mediterranean.  Latin name Laurus nobilis.

2. plants 
Same as  laurel (sense 2)




plural noun bays 
Definition:
 
wreath for poet or victor: a wreath woven out of laurel leaves, presented to poets and victors in classical antiquity, or the honor conferred by this ( literary )

[14th century. Via Old French baie< Latin baca "berry"]
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