noun An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
noun A crown of laurel.
noun Honor, distinction, fame.
to win laurels
noun Any plant of the family Lauraceae.
noun Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.
noun 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.