Bay tree can refer to:
And sometimes confused with the poisonous
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named only in Ps 3735, 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."
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