That's wild.
California bay laurel leaves are shaped like spear heads with smooth edges and grow evergreen. California bay leaf is a distinctively different and stronger flavor than the (Italian genus) stuff in the grocery store and surprised they would want it if that's what it was.
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Genesis 49:16-17
"Well, well!" said Holmes, impatiently. "A good cyclist does not need a high road. The moor is intersected with paths and the moon is at the full."