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Prunus laurocerasus is an evergreen shrub or small to medium-sized tree, growing to 5 to 15 metres (16 to 49 ft) tall, rarely to 18 metres (59 ft), with a trunk up to 60 cm broad. The leaves are dark green, leathery, shiny, (5–)10–25(–30) cm long and 4–10 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin.
A laurel shrub Laurus nobilis in pot Laurus nobilis in bloom. The laurel is an evergreen shrub or small tree, variable in size and sometimes reaching 7–18 m (23–59 ft) tall. [4]
Laurel is part of the English common name of many trees and other plants with glossy evergreen leaves, ... English Laurel, Prunus laurocerasus; Grecian or bay laurel, ...
Laurus (/ ˈ l ɔː r ə s /) [2] is a genus of evergreen trees or shrubs belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus contains three or more species, [ 3 ] including the bay laurel or sweet bay, L. nobilis , widely cultivated as an ornamental plant and a culinary herb.
camphor tree; camphor laurel Lauraceae (laurel family) 858 Cinnamomum verum: cinnamon tree Lauraceae (laurel family) Laurus: true laurels; Laurus nobilis: poet's laurel; sweet bay laurel Lauraceae (laurel family) Licaria: licaria trees; Licaria triandra: Florida licaria Lauraceae (laurel family) Nectandra: nectandra trees; Nectandra coriacea ...
A laurel wreath, a round or horseshoe-shaped wreath made of connected laurel branches and leaves, is an ancient symbol of triumph in classical Western culture originating in Greek mythology, and is associated in some countries with academic or literary achievement.
Trees of the laurel and Fagaceae family (oaks with lauroid-shape leaves and Castanopsis) were common along several species of ferns. [18] [19] Around the Eocene, the planet began cooling, ultimately leading to the Pleistocene glaciations. This progressively deteriorated the Paleotropical flora of Europe, which went extinct in the late Pliocene.
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.