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laurel
English
Etymology
From Middle English lorrer, Anglo-Norman lorer, from Old French lorier, from lor, from Latin laurus (“laurel”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l??.?l/, /?l???.?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?l??.?l/
- Rhymes: -???l
Noun
laurel (countable and uncountable, plural laurels)
- Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
- A crown of laurel.
- (figuratively, chiefly in the plural) Honor, distinction, fame.
- to win laurels; to crown with laurels
- (botany) Any plant of the family Lauraceae.
- (botany) Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.
- (historical) An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
laurel (third-person singular simple present laurels, present participle laureling or laurelling, simple past and past participle laureled or laurelled)
- (transitive) To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath.
- (transitive) To enwreathe.
- (transitive, informal) To award top honours to.
See also
- Laurel and Hardy
References
- laurel at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- allure
Spanish
Etymology
Via Old Occitan laurier, ultimately from Latin laurus (“laurel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lau??el/, [lau???el]
Noun
laurel m (plural laureles)
- (botany) laurel
Derived terms
- dormirse en los laureles
- laurel alejandrino
- laurel cerezo
- laurel real
- laurel rosa
Related terms
- laurear
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daphne
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From translingual Daphne, from Ancient Greek ????? (dáphn?, “laurel”).
Noun
daphne (plural daphnes)
- Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals.
Derived terms
- Chinese daphne (Daphne genkwa)
- February daphne (Daphne mezereum)
- flax-leaved daphne (Daphne gnidium)
- lilac daphne (Daphne genkwa)
- rose daphne (Daphne cneorum)
- winter daphne (Daphne odora)
- twin-flower daphne (Daphne pontica)
Translations
References
- *daphne at OneLook Dictionary Search
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