‖ laurustinus
(ˌlɔːrəˈstaɪnəs)
Also 7–8 laurus tinus, 9 erron. laures-, lauristinus.
[a. mod.L. (orig. two words) laurus tīnus (L. laurus laurel, tīnus a plant, perh. the laurustinus).]
An evergreen winter-flowering shrub, Viburnum Tinus.
| 1664 Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1679) 9, January..Flowers in Prime..Prim-roses, Laurus-tinus, Mezereon. 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v., There are three Sorts of the Laurus Tinus cultivated in our Country. 1765 Wilkes Corr. (1805) II. 140 Laurels and laurustinuses were in all the hedges. 1840 Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. i. Spectre Tappington, From the midst of a thickset laurustinus [he] drew forth a gardener's spade. 1861 Delamer Fl. Gard. 3 Laurustinuses,..and even Portugal laurels, are kept in tubs, that they may be housed when frost comes. 1882 J. Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club IX. No. 3. 435 The Laurestinuses have been sore damaged. |