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Look up: Laurus

  1. Laurus
    (Bay Laurel, Bay Tree, Laurel, Sweet Laurel) This slow growing, evergreen tree is often grown as a shrub; it is commonly called Bay, Bay Laurel, and Sweet Laurel. Bay can live as a woody houseplant for many years. It is a native of the Mediterranean region and isn't hardy in the North. Its shiny, dark green, fragrant leaves were once twined into wreaths by the ancient Romans and Greeks and were used to crown the champions in their sports and wars. This tree may grow 30 feet or more high, where t...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/laurus.htm

  2. laurus
    Latin, meaning: the laurel, bay tree / triumph, victory, success
    Found on http://archives.nd.edu/lll.htm

  3. Laurus
    (Latin) laurel tree; the laurel comes to signify success or triumph.
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  4. Laurus
    [n] - small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Laurus
    Lau'rus noun [ Latin , laurel.] (Botany) A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel ( Laurus nobilis ), and the larger Latin Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/20

  6. laurus
    <botany> A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus. ... Origin: L, laurel. ... Sou ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. Laurus
    genus Laurus noun small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Laurus
    `Laurus` is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes three species, whose diagnostic key characters often overlap (Mabberley 1997). *`Laurus azorica` (Seub.) Franco, syn. `L. canariensis` Webb & Berth. Known as Azores Laurel, or by the Portuguese names `Louro, Loureiro, Louro-da-terra`, and `Louro-de-cheiro`, is native to the laurisilva forests of the Azores. *`Laurus nobilis` L., known commonly as...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurus

  9. Laurus
    • (n.) A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. Laurus
    Laurus is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `Laurel` Lara,Lari,Laura,Laurah,Laurain,Laural,Laurall,Lauran,Lauranetta,Laure,Laureana,Laurelene,Lauren,Laurena,Laurence,Laurencia,Laurenco,Laurene,Laurens,Laurent,Laurentine,Laurentiu,Laurette,Lauri,Laurie,Laurin,Lauro,Laurus,Lauryn,Lavra,Lavrenti,Lavrentios,Lawerence,Lawren,Lawrence,Lawrenc
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Lau


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21 November 2009

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On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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