Associations to the word «Laurel»

Pictures for the word «Laurel»

Wiktionary

LAUREL, noun. An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
LAUREL, noun. A crown of laurel.
LAUREL, noun. (figuratively) (chiefly in the plural) honor, distinction, fame.
LAUREL, noun. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel
LAUREL, noun. (Mormonism) A 16-17 year old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.
LAUREL, proper noun. A female given name from the plant laurel.
LAUREL, proper noun. A town in Delaware
LAUREL, proper noun. A CDP in Florida
LAUREL, proper noun. A town in Indiana
LAUREL, proper noun. A city in Iowa
LAUREL, proper noun. A city in Maryland
LAUREL, proper noun. A city in Mississippi
LAUREL, proper noun. A city in Montana
LAUREL, proper noun. A city in Nebraska
LAUREL, proper noun. A CDP in New York
LAUREL, proper noun. A CDP in Virginia
LAUREL AND HARDY, proper noun. Any duo who are so inept at practical tasks as to be humorous.
LAUREL GREEN, noun. A green-gray color, like that of a leaf of a laurel
LAUREL GREEN, adjective. Of a green-gray color, like that of a leaf of a laurel.
LAUREL WATER, noun. Water distilled from the fresh leaves of the cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid, a poison.
LAUREL WREATH, noun. A wreath worn on the head as a symbol of victory.

Dictionary definition

LAUREL, noun. Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family.
LAUREL, noun. United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965).
LAUREL, noun. (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King