laurel

laurel is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. 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.
2. noun. A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
3. noun. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
4. noun. (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
5. noun. 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)
6. noun. any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in laurel:

allure

Common word forms

laurels, laureled, laureling, laurelled, laurelling

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