Plants
Laurel particularly refers to plants used for laurel wreaths:
- Grecian laurel, Laurus nobilis
- Spineless Butcher's Broom, Ruscus hypoglossum.
It also refers to:
- Alexandrian laurel:
- Calophyllum inophyllum, and evergreen tree in family Calophyllaceae
- Danae racemosa, a small shrub in family Asparagaceae
- Azores laurel, Laurus azorica
- Bay laurel, Laurus nobilis
- Bog laurel:
- Kalmia microphylla
- Kalmia polifolia
- California Laurel, Umbellularia californica
- Camphor Laurel, Cinnamomum camphora
- Canary laurel, Laurus novocanariensis
- Cape Laurel, Ocotea bullata
- Cherry laurel, Prunus laurocerasus
- Chilean laurel, Laurelia sempervirens
- Chinese laurel, Antidesma bunius
- Ecuador laurel, Cordia alliodora
- English Laurel, Prunus laurocerasus
- Great laurel, Rhododendron maximum
- Grecian laurel, Laurus nobilis
- Hedge laurel, Pittosporum erioloma
- Indian laurel (disambiguation)
- Japanese laurel, Aucuba japonica
- Laurel clock vine, Thunbergia laurifolia
- Laurel sumac, Malosma laurina
- Mountain laurel (disambiguation)
- New Zealand laurel:
- Corynocarpus laevigatus
- Coprosma repens
- Pig laurel, Kalmia angustifolia
- Portugal laurel, Prunus lusitanica
- Sheep laurel, Kalmia angustifolia
- Spotted laurel, Aucuba japonica
- Spurge laurel, Daphne laureola
- Swamp laurel:
- Kalmia microphylla
- Kalmia polifolia
- Laurel forest a forest with laurel-like trees, not necessarily laurels
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