Real Dictionary

laurel
variable noun: A laurel or a laurel tree is a small evergreen tree with shiny leaves. The leaves are sometimes used to make decorations such as wreaths.

Laurel in American English
any of a genus (Laurus) of evergreen trees or shrubs of the laurel family, native to S Europe and widely cultivated in the U.S., with large, glossy, aromatic leaves, greenish-yellow flowers, and black berries; specif., the poet's laurel (L. nobilis)
designating a family (Lauraceae, order Laurales) of dicotyledonous shrubs and trees, including the sassafras, cinnamon, and camphor
Stan(ley)(born Arthur Stanley Jefferson) 1890-1965; U.S. film comedian, born in England
to crown with laurel
noun: a female given name
noun: a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis, of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves

laurel in British English
noun: any lauraceous tree of the genus Laurus, such as the bay tree (see bay4) and L. canariensis, of the Canary Islands and Azores