Laurel /(?)/
Lau·rel
Laurel
n.
- 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. (Bot.)
- 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.
Phrases & Compounds
- Laurel water
- water distilled from the fresh leaves of the cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other products carried over in the process.
- American laurel
- Kalmia latifolia; called also calico bush. 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
- the Laurelia Novæ Zelandiæ.
- Portugal laurel
- the Prunus Lusitanica.
- Rose laurel
- the oleander. See 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.