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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.
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 .
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] The genus Laurus includes three accepted species, [6] whose diagnostic key characters often overlap. [7]
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:
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
In British North America, the name Laura reached 17th most popular in 1880 and 1882, but dropped to #43 in 1899. It was among the top 50 names for female newborns for much of the early 20th century in the United States, but dropped to No. 100–120 between 1930 and 1950; reached No. 10 in 1969, and has since steadily decreased in popularity.
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Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel", and is therefore related to the name Laurence and Lauren. [citation needed] A homonymous Etruscan name was borne by several Etruscan kings, and later used as a last name by the Roman Lartia family. The etymology of the Etruscan name is unknown.