English Dictionary

laurel

/ˈlɒɹ.əl/

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.

She wore a laurel wreath on her head.

意味（1）

Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.

Now large tracts of land are given over to the cultivation of the camphor laurel.

意味（2）

A crown of laurel.

意味（3）

(figuratively, chiefly in the plural) Honor, distinction, fame.

to win laurels; to crown with laurels

意味（4）

(botany) Any plant of the family Lauraceae.

意味（5）

(botany) Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.

意味（6）

(historical) An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.