Definition of laurel

• n. - 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.
• n. - A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
• n. - An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.