bay tree : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bay tree	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bay tree
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bay tree n small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors Synonym(s): true laurel, bay, bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bay tree \Bay" tree`\ A species of laurel. ({Laurus nobilis}).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bay tree named only in Ps. 37:35, Authorized Version. The Hebrew word so rendered is _ereh_, which simply means "native born", i.e., a tree not transplanted, but growing on its native soil, and therefore luxuriantly. If the psalmist intended by this word to denote any particular tree, it may have been the evergreen bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), which is a native of Palestine. Instead of "like a green bay tree" in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version has, "like a green tree in its native soil."