げっけいじゅ

noun

bay laurel; bay tree; sweet bay; laurel tree

Refers to the tree Laurus nobilis, whose aromatic leaves are used as a culinary herb (bay leaf). The katakana spelling ゲッケイジュ is very common.

• 庭にわに月げっ桂けい樹じゅを植うえました。

  I planted a bay laurel in the garden.

• ゲッケイジュの葉はを乾かん燥そうさせて料りょう理りに使つかいます。

  Bay laurel leaves are dried and used in cooking.