noun a crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame;
especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
2. laurel ·noun an english gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
3. laurel ·noun an evergreen shrub, of the genus laurus (l. nobilis), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils;
called also sweet bay.