laurel

1. Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family (synset 111724138)
   is a type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
   subtypes:

   • bay, bay laurel, bay tree, laurus nobilis, true laurel - small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
   • camphor tree, cinnamomum camphora - large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphor
   • ceylon cinnamon, ceylon cinnamon tree, cinnamomum zeylanicum, cinnamon - tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon
   • cassia, cassia-bark tree, cinnamomum cassia - Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
   • cinnamomum loureirii, saigon cinnamon - tropical southeast Asian tree with aromatic bark; yields a bark used medicinally
   • laurel-tree, persea borbonia, red bay - small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood
   • sassafras, sassafras albidum, sassafras tree - yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America
   • california bay tree, california laurel, california olive, mountain laurel, oregon myrtle, pepperwood, sassafras laurel, spice tree, umbellularia californica - Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
   belongs to: family lauraceae, lauraceae, laurel family - a family of Lauraceae
2. United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965) (synset 111139180)
   is an instance of: comedian, comic - a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
   belongs to: laurel and hardy - United States slapstick comedy duo who made many films together
   same as: arthur stanley jefferson laurel, stan laurel
3. (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory (synset 103654118)
   referred to in: antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
   domain region: ellas, greece, hellenic republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
   is a type of: chaplet, coronal, garland, lei, wreath - flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
   same as: bay wreath, laurel wreath

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