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Laurel (English coin) The Laurel, a skyscraper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US; Laurel station (disambiguation), stations of the name Dudley Spencer House, also known as Laurel, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
The laurel is an evergreen shrub or small tree, variable in size and sometimes reaching 7–18 m (23–59 ft) tall. [4] The genus Laurus includes three accepted species, [6] whose diagnostic key characters often overlap. [7] The bay laurel is dioecious , with male and female flowers on separate plants. [8]
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 .
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (born July 11, 1938) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian specializing in early America and the history of women, and a professor at Harvard University. [1] Her approach to history has been described as a tribute to "the silent work of ordinary people". [ 2 ]
English Laurel, Prunus laurocerasus; Grecian or bay laurel, Laurus nobilis; Great laurel, Rhododendron maximum; Hedge laurel, Pittosporum erioloma; Indian laurel (disambiguation) Japanese laurel, Aucuba japonica; Laurel clock vine, Thunbergia laurifolia; Laurel sumac, Malosma laurina; Mountain laurel (disambiguation), several plants; New ...
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.
Aleppo soap (also known as savon d'Alep, laurel soap, Syrian soap, or ghar soap, the Arabic word غَار, meaning 'laurel') is a handmade, hard bar soap associated with the city of Aleppo, Syria. Aleppo soap is classified as a Castile soap as it is a hard soap made from olive oil and lye , from which it is distinguished by the inclusion of ...
The name Laurentum is either descended from many groves of Laurus nobilis (bay tree), or, according to Virgil, a single "sacred" laurel tree. [6] [7]Laurentius (feminine Laurentia), meaning "someone from Laurentum" or "The one who wears a laurel wreath", [citation needed] was a common Roman given name.