laurel

laurel

laurel (plural laurels)

1. An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
2. A crown of laurel.
3. (figuratively) honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels, to crown with laurels.
4. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the kings head on it was crowned with laurel

	alloro
	evergreen shrub, of the genus '''Laurus'''
	Albero dalle foglie aromatiche.

allori

laurel

lauro

Altri significati:

crown of laurel

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

(Laurus nobilis) A shrub of the family Lauraceae.

(figuratively) honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels, to crown with laurels.

honor, distinction

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

A crown of laurel.

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