plural of laurel

Honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with a branch from the laurel bush, sacred to Apollo.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of laurel

plural of Laurel

(US) simple past tense and past participle of laurel

Alternative form of laurelled

(UK) simple past tense and past participle of laurel

Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate. / Highly honored

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.

(transitive) To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath. / (transitive) To enwreathe. / (transitive, informal) To award top honours to.