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Laurel is a unisex given name. The name is of English origin from the Latin Lauras , referring to the laurel tree . Various names related to Laurel are Laura , Lauren , Lori , and Lorraine .
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Laurel is part of the English common name of many trees and other plants with glossy evergreen leaves, most of which are not closely related to each other. Plants called "laurel" include: [ 1 ] Alexandrian laurel:
A laurel wreath is a symbol of triumph, a wreath made of connected branches and leaves of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), an aromatic broadleaf evergreen. It was also later made from spineless butcher's broom (Ruscus hypoglossum) or cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus). It is worn as a chaplet around the head, or as a garland around the neck.
Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant family that includes the true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genera worldwide. [4] They are dicotyledons, and occur mainly in warm temperate and tropical regions, especially Southeast Asia and South America.
Prunus laurocerasus, also known as cherry laurel, common laurel and sometimes English laurel in North America, is an evergreen species of cherry , native to regions bordering the Black Sea in southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe, from Albania and Bulgaria east through Turkey to the Caucasus Mountains and northern Iran.
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Mature laurel forests typically have a dense tree canopy and low light levels at the forest floor. [7] Some forests are characterized by an overstory of emergent trees. Laurel forests are typically multi-species, and diverse in both the number of species and the genera and families represented. [7]