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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A crown of laurel.
  • An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel
  • An evergreen shrub, of the genus ''Laurus'', having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
  • figurative honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels, to crown with laurels.
  • Mormonism A 16-17 year old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.

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Proper noun:

  • female|from=English from the plant laurel|lang=en.

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