laurel
Meaning
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- Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
- A crown of laurel.
- Honor, distinction, fame.
- Any plant of the family Lauraceae.
- Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.
- An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɒɹ.əl/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle English laurer, laurel, from Anglo-Norman lorer, from Old French lorier, from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, from Latin laurus (“laurel”).
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