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Lauraceae, also known as the Laurel family is a family of flowering plants.
It can refer to:
Laurel (literary): refers to pride, hubris. In Grecian times, people who were famous often wore laurel crowns (crowns made from the plants) to denote their fame. Thus the phrase "don't rest on your laurels" which cautions the subject to always work hard rather than be overconfident or feel too comfortable because of their accomplishments
Plants
Laurel particularly refers to plants used for laurel wreaths:
- Grecian or bay laurel, Laurus nobilis
- Spineless Butcher's Broom, Ruscus hypoglossum.
It also refers to:
- Alexandrian laurel:
- Calophyllum inophyllum, an evergreen tree in family Calophyllaceae
- Danae racemosa, a small shrub in family Asparagaceae
- Azores laurel, Laurus azorica
- Bog laurel:
- California Laurel, Umbellularia californica
- Camphor Laurel, Cinnamomum camphora
- Canary laurel, Laurus novocanariensis
- Cape Laurel, Ocotea bullata
- Cherry laurel, Prunus laurocerasus
- Chilean laurel, Laurelia sempervirens
- Chinese laurel, Antidesma bunius
- Ecuador laurel, Cordia alliodora
- English Laurel, Prunus laurocerasus
- Great laurel, Rhododendron maximum
- Grecian laurel, Laurus nobilis
- Hedge laurel, Pittosporum erioloma
- Indian laurel (disambiguation)
- Japanese laurel, Aucuba japonica
- Laurel clock vine, Thunbergia laurifolia
- Laurel sumac, Malosma laurina
- Mountain laurel (disambiguation)
- New Zealand laurel:
- Corynocarpus laevigatus
- Coprosma repens
- Pig laurel, Kalmia angustifolia
- Portugal laurel, Prunus lusitanica
- Sheep laurel, Kalmia angustifolia
- Spotted laurel, Aucuba japonica
- Spurge laurel, Daphne laureola
- Swamp laurel:
People
- Laurel (given name), people with the given name
- Laurel (surname), people with the surname
Places
United States
- Laurel, California, a ghost town
- Laurel, Oakland, California, a neighborhood of Oakland
- Laurel, Delaware, a town
- Laurel, Florida, a census-designated place
- Laurel, Indiana, a town
- Laurel Township, Franklin County, Indiana
- Laurel, Iowa, a city
- Laurel County, Kentucky
- Laurel River, Kentucky
- Laurel, Maryland, a city
- Laurel, Mississippi, a city
- Laurel micropolitan area, Mississippi
- Laurel, Montana, a city
- Laurel, Nebraska, a city
- Snake Hill, New Jersey, officially Laurel Hill
- Laurel, New York, a census-designated place
- Laurel, North Carolina, an unincorporated community
- Laurel Township, Hocking County, Ohio
- Laurel, Oregon, an unincorporated community
- Laurel Highlands, Pennsylvania
- Laurel Hill (Pennsylvania)
- Laurel Lake (Cumberland County, Pennsylvania)
- Laurel, Tennessee, an unincorporated settlement
- Laurel, Virginia, a census-designated place
- Laurel, Washington, an unincorporated community in Whatcom County
- Laurel, Klickitat County, Washington, Klickitat County, Washington
- Laurel, Barbour County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Laurel Fork (Cheat River), West Virginia, a river
- Laurel Fork (Clear Fork Guyandotte River), West Virginia, a river
- Laurel Lake (Teton County, Wyoming), in Grand Teton National Park
- Laurel Mountain (disambiguation)
Canada
- Laurel, Edmonton, Alberta, a neighbourhood
- Laurel, a hamlet in the township of Amaranth, Ontario
- Laurel, a community in Wentworth-Nord, Quebec
Elsewhere
- Laurel, Batangas, Philippines, a third class municipality
- 2865 Laurel, an asteroid
Ships
- HMS Laurel, the name of several Royal Navy ships
- Laurel-class post ship, six ships used by the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars
- USS Laurel (1862), a Union Navy steamer
- MV Laurel, a Cypriot ship scrapped in 1969
Other uses
- Laurel (English coin)
- Laurel (MARC station)
- Laurel (Amtrak station)
- Laurel by Frank Lloyd Wright, a building
- Laurel Films, a film production company
- Nissan Laurel, a car
- Laurel Awards
- Laurel High School (disambiguation)
- Laurel (LDS Church), the name for teenage members of the LDS Young Women's organization