| Found in | Britannica online, viewed Sept. 3, 2021 (Bay tree, any of several trees with aromatic leaves, especially the sweet bay, or bay laurel (Laurus nobilis; family Lauraceae), source of the bay leaf used in cooking. The related California laurel (Umbellularia californica) is an ornamental tree also called the bay tree. The bay rum tree, or simply bay (Pimenta racemosa), has leaves and twigs that, when distilled, yieldoil of bay, which is used in perfumery and in the preparation of bay rum; it is a member of the family Myrtaceae)
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