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Bay Leaf

Definition: Bay Leaf

Bay Leaf

Noun

1. Dried leaf of the bay laurel.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Bay Leaf

DomainDefinitions

Food & Agriculture

Spice. Source: European Union. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Bay leaf

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The designation bay leaf plural Bay leaves is shared by:

The leaf of the laurel tree, Laurus nobilis, is a culinary herb often used to flavor soups, stews, and braises and pates in Mediterranean Cuisine.

The leaf of the California bay tree (Umbellularia californica), also known as 'California laurel', 'Oregon myrtle', and 'pepperwood', is similar to the Mediterranean bay, but has a stronger flavor.

The leaf of the Cinnamomum tejpata tree, similar in fragrance and taste to cinnamon bark, but milder. In appearance, it is similar to the other bay leafs, but is culinarily quite different.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bay leaf."

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Image Slideshow: Bay Leaf

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bay Leaf

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

agriculture bay leaf

136

bay leaf

66

bay leaf tree

10

bay leaf plant

8

bay leaf restaurant

5

bay leaf seller

3

bay leaf herb

3

bay leaf wreath

2

ant bay leaf

2

bay leaf picture

2
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Modern Translations: Bay Leaf

Language Translations for "bay leaf"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

laurbaerblad. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

laurier (laurel, real laurel). (various references)

   

French

  

laurier (bay). (various references)

   

German

  

Lorbeerblatt. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

δάφνη (bay, bayberry, laurel). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

babérlevél (bay). (various references)

   

Italian

  

alloro (bay, laurel, real laurel). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aybay eaflay

   

Portuguese

  

louro (bay, blond, fair, fair compensation, fair haired, fairing, laurel, poll, real laurel). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

лавровый лист. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

laurel (bay, laurel). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lagerblad, lagerbärsblad. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

defne yaprağı. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Bay Leaf

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-f-l-y"

-2 letters: belay, fable, leafy.

-3 letters: able, ably, abye, alae, alba, alef, alfa, baal, bale, blae, feal, flab, flay, flea, fley, leaf.

-4 letters: aal, aba, aby, ala, alb, ale, aye, baa, bal, bay, bel, bey, bye, elf, fay, fey, fly, lab, lay, lea, ley, lye, yea.

-5 letters: aa, ab, ae, al, ay, ba, be, by, ef, el, fa, la, ya, ye.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-f-l-y"
 

+3 letters: defrayable.

 

+4 letters: barefacedly, flamboyance.

 

+5 letters: beatifically, flamboyances, ineffaceably, irrefragably.

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Alternative Orthography: Bay Leaf


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 61 79      4C 65 61 66

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01100001 01111001 00100000 01001100 01100101 01100001 01100110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#97 &#121 &#32 &#76 &#101 &#97 &#102

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0061 0079      004C 0065 0061 0066

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

366791246716772

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Images: Slideshow
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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