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laurel

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Noun

  1. An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
  2. A crown of laurel.
  3. Honor, distinction, fame.
  4. Any plant of the family Lauraceae.
  5. Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.
  6. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
  7. Formerly a 16- to 17-year-old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.

Verb

  1. To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath.
  2. To enwreathe.
  3. To award top honours to.

Proper noun

  1. A female or male given name from English from the laurel plant.
  2. A surname from Spanish.
  3. A municipality of the Philippines; named for Miguel Laurel.
  4. A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
  5. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Santa Cruz County, California.
  6. A number of places in the United States: A neighborhood of Oakland, California.
  7. A number of places in the United States: A town in Delaware; named for the laurel bushes growing in the area.
  8. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Florida.
  9. A number of places in the United States: A town in Indiana; named for the city in Maryland.
  10. A number of places in the United States: A city in Iowa; named for the community in Ohio.
  11. A number of places in the United States: A city in Maryland.
  12. A number of places in the United States: A city in and one of the two county seats of Jones County, Mississippi; named for the laurel thickets in the area.
  13. A number of places in the United States: A city in Montana; named for the laurel bushes growing in the area.
  14. A number of places in the United States: A city in Nebraska; named for early settler Laura Martin.
  15. A number of places in the United States: A hamlet in New York.
  16. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Ohio.
  17. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Oregon; named for the trees growing in the area, thought to be laurels (later identified as madrones).
  18. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
  19. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Virginia.
  20. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Washington.
  21. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
  22. A number of places in the United States: A river flowing from Lake, Kentucky into the Cumberland at Corbin, Kentucky.

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