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