Bay tree. A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).

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 bay tree
      n : small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish
          berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in
          cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
          [syn: true laurel, bay, bay laurel, Laurus nobilis]


 Bay tree
    named only in Ps. 37:35, 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."