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What is the adjective for laurels?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb laureate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

lauraceous
  1. (botany) Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Lauraceae) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laurel, sassafras, cinnamon tree, true camphor tree, etc.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Likewise, if other lauraceous woods are equally effective it would make medium preparation easier.”
      “Snow uses the Cotingas as exemplary subjects because the female appears to rear the nestling on lipid rich lauraceous fruits unassisted by the male.”
      “In addition, we performed chemical analysis of the volatile emissions from lychee to determine how its sesquiterpene composition compares to that from known lauraceous hosts.”
laureled
  1. Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.
laurelled
  1. Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.
  2. Examples:
    1. “From the Telegraph to the Guardian, from the Mail to the Mirror, he was laurelled in admiring headlines.”
      “I know that our laurelled entrepreneur of regional and international acclaim is into the production of alcoholic beverages.”
      “A very clever etching of a winged and laurelled Death playing on the bagpipe and making his appearance to an old couple at table.”
laurophyll
  1. (botany) Having broad, glossy leaves characteristic of the laurel.
lauric
  1. Pertaining to, or derived from, the European bay or laurel (Laurus nobilis)
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Many shampoos are based on lauric, palmitic, and stearic acids, which have long chains of 12, 16, and 18 carbon atoms, respectively.”
      “Highly purified lauric acid was used to standardize the temperature and quantitative heat determinations.”
      “Some of them have antifungal qualities, like lauric acid and caprylic acid and are used to reduce colonies of Candida albicans.”
lauroid
  1. (botany) Resembling or characteristic of a laurel.
laureate
lauriferous
  1. Producing, or bringing, laurel
laureated
laureating
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