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Definition of Laurel
1. Noun. Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family.
Specialized synonyms: Bay, Bay Laurel, Bay Tree, Laurus Nobilis, True Laurel, Camphor Tree, Cinnamomum Camphora, Ceylon Cinnamon, Ceylon Cinnamon Tree, Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, Cinnamon, Cassia, Cassia-bark Tree, Cinnamomum Cassia, Cinnamomum Loureirii, Saigon Cinnamon, Laurel-tree, Persea Borbonia, Red Bay, Sassafras, Sassafras Albidum, Sassafras Tree, California Bay Tree, California Laurel, California Olive, Mountain Laurel, Oregon Myrtle, Pepperwood, Sassafras Laurel, Spice Tree, Umbellularia Californica
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree
2. Noun. United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965).
Group relationships: Laurel And Hardy
Generic synonyms: Comedian, Comic
3. Noun. (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory.
Generic synonyms: Chaplet, Coronal, Garland, Lei, Wreath
Geographical relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic
Category relationships: Antiquity
Definition of Laurel
1. n. An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus (L. nobilis), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also sweet bay.
Definition of Laurel
1. Noun. (Mormonism) A 16-17 year old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church. ¹
2. Proper noun. (English female given name) from the plant (term laurel). ¹
3. Noun. An evergreen shrub, of the genus ''Laurus'', having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils. ¹
4. Noun. A crown of laurel. ¹
5. Noun. (figuratively) honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels, to crown with laurels. ¹
6. Noun. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Laurel
1. to crown with a wreath of evergreen leaves [v -RELED, -RELING, -RELS or -RELLED, -RELLING, -RELS]
Medical Definition of Laurel
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