noun. An evergreen tree (Laurus nobilis) of the Mediterranean region valued for its aromatic ovate leaves, used in cooking.

noun. A shrub or tree, such as the mountain laurel, having a similar aroma or leaf shape.

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noun. A wreath of laurel conferred as a mark of honor in ancient times upon poets, heroes, and victors in athletic contests.

noun. Honor and glory won for great achievement.

transitive verb. To crown with laurel.

transitive verb. To honor, especially with an award or prize.

idiom. (rest on (one's) laurels) To rely on one's past achievements instead of working to maintain or advance one's status or reputation.

noun. In Porto Rico, Mexico, and Central America, a name applied to many species of Ocoted, Damburneya, and allied genera of Lauraceæ; especially, in Porto Rico, to Ocotea fœniculacea, O. floribunda, Damburneya Sintenisii (Nectandra Sintenisii of Mez), D. Krugii (Nectandra Krugii of Mez), and D. coriacea (Nectandra coriacea of Grisebach).

noun. The Victorian laurel, Pittosporum undulatum. Also called mock-orange.

noun. A tree of the ginseng family, Polyscias elegans, yielding a light, soft wood. Also called white sycamore.

noun. The American laurel.

noun. The oleander.

noun. The laurel-magnolia, Magnolia Virginiana.

To crown with, or as with, laurel as a distinction.

noun. The bay-tree or bay-laurel, Laurus nobilis. This is the true laurel of the ancients and the poets.

noun. Any species of the genus Laurus.

noun. Any one of many diverse plants whose leaves suggest those of the true laurel.

noun. A crown of laurel; hence, honors acquired; claims to or tokens of distinction or glory: often in the plural: as, to win laurels in battle.

noun. An English gold coin worth 20 shillings, or about 5 dollars, first issued in 1619 by James I.: so called because the head of the king was wreathed with laurel, and not crowned, as on earlier English coins. It was also called broad, unite, and jacobus. See cut under broad, n.

noun. A salmon which has remained in fresh water during the summer.

Pertaining to or consisting of laurel: as, a laurel wreath.

noun. An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus (Laurus nobilis), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also sweet bay.

noun. A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural.

noun. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.

noun. water distilled from the fresh leaves of the cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other products carried over in the process.

noun. Kalmia latifolia; called also calico bush. See under Mountain.

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noun. Umbellularia Californica.

noun. (in England called laurel). See under Cherry.

noun. the rosebay (Rhododendron maximum).

noun. trailing arbutus.

noun. the Laurelia Novæ Zelandiæ.

noun. the Prunus Lusitanica.

noun. the oleander. See Oleander.

noun. a poisonous shrub, Kalmia angustifolia, smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and redder flowers.

noun. Daphne Laureola.

noun. Prunus occidentalis.

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.

noun. A crown of laurel.

noun. honor, distinction, fame.

noun. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel

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)

noun. (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory

noun. any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family

"The laurel tree was his personal emblem, as the word laurel and the Latin version of his name, Laurentius, had the same root."