[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

laurel \lau"rel\, n. oe. lorel, laurer, lorer, of. lorier,
   laurier, f. laurier, assumed ll. laurarius, fr. l. laurus.
   1. bot. an evergreen shrub, of the genus laurus laurus
      nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape,
      with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their
      axils; -- called also sweet bay.

   note: the fruit is a purple berry. it is found about the
         mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient greeks
         to crown the victor in the games of apollo. at a later
         period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of
         laurel, with the fruit. the leaves and tree yield an
         aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce.
         1913 webster

   note: the name is extended to other plants which in some
         respect resemble the true laurel. see phrases, below.
         1913 webster

   2. a crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; --
      especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
      1913 webster

   3. an english gold coin made in 1619, and so called because
      the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
      1913 webster

   laurel water, water distilled from the fresh leaves of the
      cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other
      products carried over in the process.
      1913 webster

   american laurel, or mountain laurel, kalmia latifolia;
      called also calico bush. see under mountain.

   california laurel, umbellularia californica.

   cherry laurel in england called laurel. see under
      cherry.

   great laurel, the rosebay rhododendron maximum.

   ground laurel, trailing arbutus.

   new zealand laurel, the laurelia novae zelandiae.

   portugal laurel, the prunus lusitanica.

   rose laurel, the oleander. see oleander.

   sheep laurel, a poisonous shrub, kalmia angustifolia,
      smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and
      redder flowers.

   spurge laurel, daphne laureola.

   west indian laurel, prunus occidentalis.
      1913 webster
see also:
laurus laurus nobilis sweet bay laurel water american laurel mountain laurel 
kalmia latifolia calico bush mountain california laurel umbellularia californica 
cherry laurel laurel cherry great laurel rhododendron maximum 
ground laurel new zealand laurel laurelia novae zelandiae portugal laurel prunus lusitanica 
rose laurel oleander sheep laurel kalmia angustifolia spurge laurel 
daphne laureola west indian laurel prunus occidentalis 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sweet \sweet\, a. compar. sweeter; superl. sweetest. oe.
   swete, swote, sote, as. sw=ete; akin to ofries. sw=ete,
   os. sw=oti, d. zoet, g. s"uss, ohg. suozi, icel. saetr,
   soetr, sw. s"ot, dan. s"od, goth. suts, l. suavis, for
   suadvis, gr. ?, skr. sv=adu sweet, svad, sv=ad, to
   sweeten. root175. cf. assuage, suave, suasion.
   1. having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar;
      saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet
      beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
      1913 webster

   2. pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a
      sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
      1913 webster

            the breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
                                                  --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   3. pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the
      sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet
      voice; a sweet singer.
      1913 webster

            to make his english sweet upon his tongue.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            a voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --hawthorne.
      1913 webster

   4. pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;
      as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
      1913 webster

            sweet interchange
            of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   5. fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --bacon.
      1913 webster

   6. not changed from a sound or wholesome state. specifically:
      a not sour; as, sweet milk or bread.
      b not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as,
          sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
          1913 webster

   7. plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable;
      winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
      1913 webster

            canst thou bind the sweet influence of pleiades?
                                                  --job xxxviii.
                                                  31.
      1913 webster

            mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one
            established rule of christian working. --m. arnold.
      1913 webster

   note: sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining
         compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured,
         sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.
         1913 webster

   sweet alyssum. bot. see alyssum.

   sweet apple. bot.
      a any apple of sweet flavor.
      b see sweet-sop.

   sweet bay. bot.
      a the laurel laurus nobilis.
      b swamp sassafras.

   sweet calabash bot., a plant of the genus passiflora
      passiflora maliformis growing in the west indies, and
      producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple.
      

   sweet cicely. bot.
      a either of the north american plants of the
          umbelliferous genus osmorrhiza having aromatic roots
          and seeds, and white flowers. --gray.
      b a plant of the genus myrrhis myrrhis odorata
          growing in england.

   sweet calamus, or sweet cane. bot. same as sweet
      flag, below.

   sweet cistus bot., an evergreen shrub cistus ladanum
      from which the gum ladanum is obtained.

   sweet clover. bot. see melilot.

   sweet coltsfoot bot., a kind of butterbur petasites
      sagittata found in western north america.

   sweet corn bot., a variety of the maize of a sweet taste.
      see the note under corn.

   sweet fern bot., a small north american shrub comptonia
      asplenifolia syn. myrica asplenifolia having
      sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves.
      

   sweet flag bot., an endogenous plant acorus calamus
      having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent
      aromatic taste. it is found in wet places in europe and
      america. see calamus, 2.

   sweet gale bot., a shrub myrica gale having bitter
      fragrant leaves; -- also called sweet willow, and dutch
      myrtle. see 5th gale.

   sweet grass bot., holy, or seneca, grass.

   sweet gum bot., an american tree liquidambar
      styraciflua. see liquidambar.

   sweet herbs, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary
      purposes.

   sweet john bot., a variety of the sweet william.

   sweet leaf bot., horse sugar. see under horse.

   sweet marjoram. bot. see marjoram.

   sweet marten zool., the pine marten.

   sweet maudlin bot., a composite plant achillea
      ageratum allied to milfoil.

   sweet oil, olive oil.

   sweet pea. bot. see under pea.

   sweet potato. bot. see under potato.

   sweet rush bot., sweet flag.

   sweet spirits of niter med. chem. see spirit of nitrous
      ether, under spirit.

   sweet sultan bot., an annual composite plant centaurea
      moschata, also, the yellow-flowered centaurea
      odorata; -- called also sultan flower.

   sweet tooth, an especial fondness for sweet things or for
      sweetmeats. colloq.

   sweet william.
      a bot. a species of pink dianthus barbatus of many
          varieties.
      b zool. the willow warbler.
      c zool. the european goldfinch; -- called also sweet
          billy. prov. eng.

   sweet willow bot., sweet gale.

   sweet wine. see dry wine, under dry.

   to be sweet on, to have a particular fondness for, or
      special interest in, as a young man for a young woman.
      colloq. --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   syn: sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.
        1913 webster
see also:
sweeter sweetest assuage suave suasion sweet alyssum 
alyssum sweet apple sweet-sop sweet bay laurus nobilis 
sweet calabash passiflora passiflora maliformis sweet cicely osmorrhiza 
myrrhis myrrhis odorata sweet calamus sweet cane sweet flag 
sweet cistus cistus ladanum sweet clover melilot sweet coltsfoot 
petasites sagittata sweet corn corn sweet fern comptonia asplenifolia 
myrica asplenifolia sweet flag acorus calamus calamus sweet gale 
myrica gale sweet willow dutch myrtle gale sweet grass 
sweet gum liquidambar styraciflua liquidambar sweet herbs sweet john 
sweet leaf horse sweet marjoram marjoram sweet marten 
sweet maudlin achillea ageratum sweet oil sweet pea pea 
sweet potato potato sweet rush sweet spirits of niter spirit of nitrous ether 
spirit sweet sultan centaurea moschata centaurea odorata sultan flower 
sweet tooth sweet william dianthus barbatus sweet billy sweet willow 
sweet wine dry wine dry to be sweet on 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

swamp \swamp\, n. cf. as. swam a fungus, od. swam a sponge, d.
   zwam a fungus, g. schwamm a sponge, icel. sv"oppr, dan. 
   sw. swamp, goth. swamms, gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.
   wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but
   not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the
   seashore.
   1913 webster

         gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern.
                                                  --tennyson.
   1913 webster

         a swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing
         trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only
         herbage, plants, and mosses.             --farming
                                                  encyc. e.
                                                  edwards,
                                                  words.
   1913 webster

   swamp blackbird. zool. see redwing
   b .

   swamp cabbage bot., skunk cabbage.

   swamp deer zool., an asiatic deer rucervus duvaucelli
      of india.

   swamp hen. zool.
   a an australian azure-breasted bird porphyrio bellus;
       -- called also goollema.
   b an australian water crake, or rail porzana tabuensis;
       -- called also little swamp hen.
   c the european purple gallinule.

   swamp honeysuckle bot., an american shrub azalea
      viscosa syn. rhododendron viscosa or rhododendron
      viscosum growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers
      of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called
      also swamp pink and white swamp honeysuckle.

   swamp hook, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling
      logs. cf. cant hook.

   swamp itch. med. see prairie itch, under prairie.

   swamp laurel bot., a shrub kalmia glauca having small
      leaves with the lower surface glaucous.

   swamp maple bot., red maple. see maple.

   swamp oak bot., a name given to several kinds of oak
      which grow in swampy places, as swamp spanish oak
      quercus palustris, swamp white oak quercus
      bicolor, swamp post oak quercus lyrata.

   swamp ore min., bog ore; limonite.

   swamp partridge zool., any one of several australian game
      birds of the genera synoicus and excalfatoria, allied
      to the european partridges.

   swamp robin zool., the chewink.

   swamp sassafras bot., a small north american tree of the
      genus magnolia magnolia glauca with aromatic leaves
      and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also sweet
      bay.

   swamp sparrow zool., a common north american sparrow
      melospiza georgiana, or melospiza palustris, closely
      resembling the song sparrow. it lives in low, swampy
      places.

   swamp willow. bot. see pussy willow, under pussy.
      1913 webster
see also:
swamp blackbird redwing swamp cabbage swamp deer rucervus duvaucelli swamp hen 
porphyrio bellus goollema porzana tabuensis little swamp hen swamp honeysuckle 
azalea viscosa rhododendron viscosa rhododendron viscosum swamp pink white swamp honeysuckle 
swamp hook cant hook swamp itch prairie itch prairie 
swamp laurel kalmia glauca swamp maple maple swamp oak 
quercus palustris quercus bicolor quercus lyrata swamp ore swamp partridge 
synoicus excalfatoria swamp robin swamp sassafras magnolia 
magnolia glauca sweet bay swamp sparrow melospiza georgiana melospiza palustris 
swamp willow pussy willow pussy 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sweet bay
     n : shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white
         flowers; abundant in southeastern united states syn: swamp
         bay, swamp laurel, magnolia virginiana
see also:
swamp bay swamp laurel magnolia virginiana 

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