English noun: laurel |
| 1. | laurel (plant) any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family |
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| Broader (hypernym) | angiospermous tree, flowering tree |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bay, bay laurel, bay tree, California bay tree, California laurel, California olive, camphor tree, cassia, cassia-bark tree, Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum camphora, Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum loureirii, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, cinnamon, laurel-tree, Laurus nobilis, mountain laurel, Oregon myrtle, pepperwood, Persea borbonia, red bay, Saigon cinnamon, sassafras, Sassafras albidum, sassafras laurel, sassafras tree, spice tree, true laurel, Umbellularia californica |
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| Member meronym | family Lauraceae, Lauraceae, laurel family |
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| 2. | Laurel (person) 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) |
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| Synonyms | Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel, Stan Laurel |
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| Instance hypernym | comedian, comic |
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| Member meronym | Laurel and Hardy |
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| 3. | laurel (artifact) (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory |
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| Synonyms | bay wreath, laurel wreath |
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| Broader (hypernym) | chaplet, coronal, garland, lei, wreath |
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| Domain category | antiquity |
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| Domain region | Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic |
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