Laurel

Laurel may refer to:

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, and evergreen tree in family Calophyllaceae
  • Danae racemosa, a small shrub in family Asparagaceae
• Azores laurel, Laurus azorica
• Bog laurel:
  • Kalmia microphylla
  • Kalmia polifolia
• 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:
  • Kalmia microphylla
  • Kalmia polifolia
• Laurel forest a forest with laurel-like trees, not necessarily laurels

People

• Laurel (given name), people with the given name Laurel
• Laurel (LDS Church), a teenage member of the LDS Young Women's organization
• José P. Laurel (1891–1959), former President of the Philippines
• Stan Laurel (1890–1965), half of the comic duo Laurel and Hardy

Places

• Laurel, Batangas, Philippines
• Laurel, a community in Wentworth-Nord, Quebec, Canada

In the United States

• Laurel, Oakland, California
• Laurel, Delaware
• Laurel, Florida
• Laurel, Indiana
• Laurel, Iowa
• Laurel, Maryland
• Laurel, Mississippi
• Laurel, Montana
• Laurel, Nebraska
• Laurel, New York
• Laurel, North Carolina
• Laurel, Oregon
• Laurel, Tennessee (disambiguation)
• Laurel, Virginia
• Laurel, Washington
• Laurel, Barbour County, West Virginia
• Laurel County, Kentucky

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 Park Racecourse
• Laurel wreath
• Laurel Awards
• HMS Laurel, the name of several Royal Navy ships
• MV Laurel, a Cypriot ship scrapped in 1969
• Laureles, a town in Paraguay
• Laureles Fútbol Club, a soccer club in Fray Bentos, Uruguay
• To rest on one's laurels; to rely on a past success instead of trying to improve oneself further.

See also

• Cistus laurifolius, a plant species with laurel-like leaves
• Daphne (disambiguation), "daphne" is derived from Greek Δάφνη, meaning "Grecian laurel"
• Hakea laurina, a plant species with laurel-like leaves
• Laurelin, the golden tree in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction
• Laurelindorinan, another name for Lothlórien in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction
• Laurel water, distilled from the leaves of the cherry laurel tree
• Laurestine or Laurustinus, Viburnum tinus, a plant species
• Laureliopsis, a plant genus that resembles laurel
• Laurissilva or Laurisilva a type of Laurel forest with laurel-like trees, not necessarily laurels
• Malosma laurina, a plant species that resembles laurel
• Quercus laurifolia, a plant species with laurel-like leaves
• Skimmia laureola, a plant species with laurel-like leaves