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What are laurels?

What are laurels? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of laurel
  2. Honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with a branch from the laurel bush, sacred to Apollo.
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Their adaptive radiation occurred in the Eocene when palms, figs, lipid-rich laurels, and other extant families were prominent.
Victorious motor racing drivers have laurels hung around their necks and in Hawaii visitors are greeted with welcoming leis.
And though his realistic and hard-hitting film has won some rave reviews, Tigmanshu is certainly not resting on his laurels.
Covering an area of 4,330 square metres with a lawn in front and a garden behind, the building is surrounded by evergreen camphor laurels.
After moving to the top of the table they have also signalled their cup intentions and holders Guiseley had better look to their laurels.
In Kentucky, the plant is often associated with azaleas, mountain laurels and bellworts under the dappled shade of birch trees.

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