Laurel may refer to:

Botany

• Lauraceae, the botanical laurel family, including
  • Bay laurel Laurus nobilis, the original true laurel that is the source of bay leaves used as a seasoning
  • California Laurel Umbellularia californica is a related tree or large shrub
  • True Cinnamon or Ceylon Cinnamon Cinnamomum verum, the inner bark of which is used as the spice cinnamon
  • Camphor Laurel Cinnamomum camphora is a natural source of camphor

Other unrelated plants:

• Cherry laurel Prunus laurocerasus, often just called laurel in gardens, is an evergreen cherry
• Portugal laurel Prunus lusitanica, also an evergreen cherry
• Spotted laurel refers to variegated cultivars of the Aucuba Aucuba japonica
• Karaka (tree), formerly called New Zealand laurel
• Mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia, an evergreen shrub of the eastern United States highlands
• Great laurel Rhododendron maximum, another shrub of the Appalachian mountains

Honors

• Laurel wreath

Coins

• Laurel (English coin), a former English gold coin

People

• Jose P. Laurel, former President of the Philippines.
• Stan Laurel is one half of the comic duo of Laurel and Hardy.
• A Laurel is a 16-17 year-old participant in the Young Women's program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Places

• Laurel, Batangas

In the United States:

• Laurel, Delaware
• Laurel, Florida
• Laurel, Indiana
• Laurel, Iowa
• Laurel, Maryland
• Laurel, Mississippi
• Laurel, Montana
• Laurel, Nebraska
• Laurel, Oakland
• Laurel, Virginia

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