laurel
/ˈlɔɹ.əl/ noun C1- An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
- A crown of laurel.
- Honor, distinction, fame. · to win laurels· to crown with laurels
- Any plant of the family Lauraceae.
- Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.
- An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
Plural laurels
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If the green-grocer had such a thing as a laurel wreath, I should send Billy round for it.”
Presumably he at once concealed his cycle among the laurels where it was found, and possibly lurked there himself, with his eye on the house, waiting for Mr.
Holmes crouched down behind the screen of laurels, and we all three followed his example.
The laurels among which we lay were immediately opposite the window and not more than a hundred feet from it.
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