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What is the noun for laurel?

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laurel
  1. An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
  2. A crown of laurel.
  3. (plural) Honor, distinction, fame.
  4. (historical) An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. accolade, account, award, badge, bays, celebrity, consequence, credit, eminence, excellence, fame, flair, greatness, honor, honour, illustriousness, importance, kudos, laurels, merit, name, note, perfection, preeminence, prestige, quality, rank, renown, reputation, repute, style, superiority, worth … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “She received a laurel for her outstanding contribution to the company's success.”
      “Other than the occasional patch of mountain laurel, it was a very thinly wooded area.”
      “Any evergreen rhododendron or mountain laurel will provide a touch of leafy green.”
laureate
  1. (dated) One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.
  2. A graduate of a university.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. poet, versifier, rhymester, bard, poetaster, muse, lyricist, minstrel, lyrist, rhymer, maker, rimester, rhapsodist, balladeer, writer, odist, parodist, composer, sonnetist, poetess, sonneteer, elegist, rhymist, swan, troubadour, author, dilettante, dramatist, librettist, artist, balladist, metrist, rimer, idyllist, metricist, Parnassian, poeticule, verse-maker, ballad-monger, verse writer, lyric poet, ovate, wordsmith, songster, strolling minstrel, musician, jongleur, joculator, trouveur, minnesinger … more
laureation
  1. The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
laureateship
  1. The state, or office, of a laureate.
laurisilva
  1. A laurel forest.
laurels
  1. plural of laurel
  2. Honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with a branch from the laurel bush, sacred to Apollo.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. acclaim, honor, honour, kudos, accolade, applause, praise, acclamation, homage, credit, glory, commendation, distinction, laudation, plaudits, recognition, props, fame, laud, renown, prestige, sun, bays, accolades, tributes, honors, honours, brownie points, feather in cap, big up, admiration, tribute, approbation, approval, extolment, ovation, adulation, pat on the back, eulogy, compliment, cheers, eulogium, bouquets, panegyric, encomium, testimonial, salutes, congratulations, cheering, compliments … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “She has rightly won laurels for this perceptive first novel.”
      “This year too, he was almost sure he would be selected for a role because he won laurels for the university in the last two years.”
      “Guiseley will have to look to their laurels on Saturday and make sure there are no slip ups against the North West Counties side Trafford.”
laureateships
  1. plural of laureateship
laureations
  1. plural of laureation
laurisilvas
  1. plural of laurisilva
laureates
  1. plural of laureate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. poets, versifiers, rhymesters, bards, poetasters, muses, lyricists, minstrels, lyrists, rhymers, makers, rimesters, rhapsodists, balladeers, writers, odists, parodists, composers, sonnetists, poetesses, sonneteers, elegists, rhymists, swans, troubadours, authors, dilettanti, dramatists, librettists, artists, balladists, metrists, rimers, idyllists, metricists, Parnassians, poeticules, wordsmiths, songsters, joculators, jongleurs, musicians, minnesingers, trouveurs, singers, entertainers, gleemen, rappers, harpers, songstresses … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The ANBHF has published the biographies of more than 40 of our laureates and fellows.”
      “There aren't many Hollywood blockbusters about Nobel laureates in economics.”
      “He recited the names of the Nobel laureates in Physics since 1901, their country and their research.”
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