Laurel

  1. Noun.  (Mormonism) A 16-17 year old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.
  2. Proper noun.  (given name, female) from the plant (term, laurel) .
  3. Noun.  An evergreen shrub, of the genus ''Laurus'', having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
  4. Noun.  A crown of laurel.
  5. Noun.  (figuratively) honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels, to crown with laurels.
  6. Noun.  An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.

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