laurel

Meanings

Noun

• 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.

Verb

• To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath.
• To enwreathe.
• To award top honours to.

Origin

• From Middle English lorrer, Anglo-Norman lorer, from Old French lorier, from lor, from Latin laurus ("laurel").