LAUREL

'Laurel' may refer to:

Contents

Botany

People

Places

Other

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

★ Camphor Laurel ''Cinnamomum camphora'' is a natural source of camphor

★ True Cinnamon or Ceylon Cinnamon ''Cinnamomum verum'', the inner bark of which is used as the spice cinnamon
Other unrelated 'plants':

★ Cherry laurel ''Prunus laurocerasus'', often just called laurel in gardens, is an evergreen cherry

★ Great laurel ''Rhododendron maximum'', another shrub of the Appalachian mountains

★ Karaka (tree), formerly called New Zealand laurel

★ Mountain laurel ''Kalmia latifolia'', an evergreen shrub of the eastern United States highlands

★ Laurel sumac ''Malosma laurina'', an aromatic, evergreen shrub of the southern California and Baja California coastlands.

★ Portugal laurel ''Prunus lusitanica'', also an evergreen cherry

★ Spotted laurel refers to variegated cultivars of the Aucuba ''Aucuba japonica''

People

★ Laurel (Mormonism), a 16-17 year-old participant in the Young Women's program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

★ Laurel Aitken, nicknamed the "Godfather of Ska"

★ Laurel B. Clark, astronaut and doctor who flew on the last flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia

★ Jose P. Laurel, former President of the Philippines

★ Stan Laurel, half of the comic duo of ''Laurel and Hardy''

★ Laurel Bergland, Editor for the Soldar de Fortuna of Del Mexico Telemounda

Places

In the 'Philippines':

★ Laurel, Batangas
In the 'United States':

★ Laurel, Delaware

★ Laurel, Florida

★ Laurel, Indiana

★ Laurel, Iowa

★ Laurel, Maryland

★ Laurel, Mississippi

★ Laurel, Montana

★ Laurel, Nebraska

★ Laurel, New York

★ Laurel, Oakland

★ Laurel, Virginia

★ Laurel County, Kentucky

★ Laurelton, Queens, a neighborhood in New York City

Other

★ Nissan Laurel, a mid-size luxury sedan produced by Nissan Motor Company

★ Laurel (band), a Canadian rock band

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

★ Laurel wreath

★ Laurel Pub Company