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Image:Laurier.jpg|thumb|Laurus nobilis
Etymology
Old English lorel, laurer, lorer, Old French lorier, laurier, French laurier, (assumed) Late Latin Laurarius, from Latin laurus
Pronunciation
Lau"rel
IPA: WEAE /�l�ɹ.�l/ or /�loɹ-/
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Noun
laurel
- 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. The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce.
#: Note: The name is extended to other plants which in some respect resemble the true laurel.
- A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
- An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel
Derived terms
laurel water - water distilled from the fresh leaves of the cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other products carried over in the process
laurel wreath, worn on the head as a symbol of victory in ancient Greece and Rome
American laurel, mountain laurel - Kalmia latifolia. See under mountain
California laurel - Umbellularia californica
cherry laurel - (in England called laurel). See under cherry
great laurel - the rosebay (Rhododendron maximum)
ground laurel - trailing arbutus
New Zealand laurel - formerly referred to Laurelia novae-zelandiae in the family Monimiaceae, now refers to Corynocarpus laevigata in family Corynocarpaceae (different plants or different names?)
Portugal laurel - the Prunus Lusitanica
rose laurel - the oleander
sheep laurel - a poisonous shrub, Kalmia angustifolia, smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and redder flowers
spurge laurel - Daphne Laureola
West Indian laurel - Prunus occidentalis
rest on one's laurels
Translations
trans-top|An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus
Bulgarian: лав�� m
Catalan: llorer m
Czech: vavÅ�Ãn m
Dutch: laurier m
Finnish: laakeri
French: laurier m
Greek: δά�νη (dafni)
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Italian: alloro m
Portuguese (Brazilian): louro m
Russian: лав� (lavr) m
Serbian: lovr, zdravi�
Spanish: laurel m
Swedish: lager
Romanian: laur, dafin
Russian: лав�
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trans-top|A crown of laurel
Catalan: corona
Dutch: lauweren p
Finnish: laakerikruunu (crown) laakeri (honor)
French: laurier, couronne de laurier
Italian: allori m|p
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Portuguese (Brazilian): coroa de louro
Spanish: laureles, corona de laurel
Swedish: lagerkrans
Romanian: lauri, coroan� de lauri
Russian: лав�ов�й венок (lávrovyj v'enók) m, лав�� (lávry) p
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See also
Laurel and Hardy
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