Laurel

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Laurel may refer to:

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[edit] Botany

Lauraceae, the botanical laurel family, including:

  • Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis), the original true laurel that is the source of bay leaves used as a seasoning
  • California Laurel (Umbellularia californica), a related tree or large shrub
  • Camphor Laurel (Cinnamomum camphora), a natural source of camphor
  • True Cinnamon or Ceylon Cinnamon Cinnamomum verum, the inner bark of which is used as the spice cinnamon

Other unrelated plants:

  • Cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus), an evergreen cherry, often called just laurel in gardens
  • Great laurel (Rhododendron maximum), another shrub of the Appalachian mountains
  • Indian laurel, certain species of fig trees or banyans
  • New Zealand laurel (Corynocarpus laevigatus), former name for Karaka tree
  • Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia), an evergreen shrub of the eastern United States highlands
  • Laurel sumac (Malosma laurina), an aromatic, evergreen shrub of the southern California and Baja California coastlands
  • Portugal laurel (Prunus lusitanica), also an evergreen cherry
  • Spotted laurel refers to variegated cultivars of the Aucuba Aucuba japonica

[edit] People

Given name
  • A Laurel (LDS Church), a 16–18 year-old participant in the Young Women's program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Laurel Aitken (1927–2005), nicknamed the "Godfather of Ska"
  • Laurel Clark (1961–2003), astronaut and doctor who flew on the last flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia
  • Laurel Holloman, actress
Surname
  • José P. Laurel (1891–1959), former President of the Philippines
  • Stan Laurel (1890–1965), half of the comic duo of Laurel and Hardy

[edit] Places

In Costa Rica:

  • Laurel, Costa Rica

In the Philippines:

In the United States:

[edit] Other