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Noun laurel has 2 senses
  1. laurel - any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
    --1 is a kind of     angiospermous tree, flowering tree
    --1 is a member of Lauraceae, family Lauraceae, laurel family
    --1 has particulars:
     true laurel, bay, bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis; camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora; cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum; cassia, cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum cassia; Saigon cinnamon, Cinnamomum loureirii; laurel-tree, red bay, Persea borbonia; sassafras, sassafras tree, Sassafras albidum; California laurel, California bay tree, Oregon myrtle, pepperwood, spice tree, sassafras laurel, California olive, mountain laurel, Umbellularia californica
  2. Laurel, Stan Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel - 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)
    --2 is a kind of comedian, comic
    --2 is a member of Laurel and Hardy
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