Laurel may refer to:

Botany

Lauraceae, the botanical laurel family, including:

• Azores laurel (Laurus azorica)
• Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis), the original true laurel that is the source of bay leaves used as a food flavouring.
• California Laurel (Umbellularia californica), a related tree or large shrub.
• Camphor Laurel (Cinnamomum camphora), 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), an evergreen cherry, often called just laurel in gardens.
• Great laurel (Rhododendron maximum), another shrub of the Appalachian mountains.
• Indian laurel, certain species of fig trees or banyans.
• Laurel sumac (Malosma laurina), an aromatic, evergreen shrub of the southern California and Baja California coastlands.
• Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia), an evergreen shrub of the eastern United States highlands.
• New Zealand laurel (Corynocarpus laevigatus), former name for Karaka tree.
• Portugal laurel (Prunus lusitanica), also an evergreen cherry.
• "Spotted laurel" refers to the variegata cultivar of the Aucuba Aucuba japonica.

People

Given name

• A Laurel (LDS Church), a 16–18 year-old participant in the Young Women's program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Laurel Aitken (1927–2005), nicknamed the "Godfather of Ska"
• Laurel Clark (1961–2003), astronaut and doctor who flew on the last flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia
• Laurel Holloman, actress

Surname

• José P. Laurel (1891–1959), former President of the Philippines
• Stan Laurel (1890–1965), half of the comic duo of Laurel and Hardy

Places

In Costa Rica:

• Laurel, Costa Rica

In the Philippines:

• Laurel, Batangas

In the United States:

• Laurel, Oakland, California
• Laurel, Delaware
• Laurel, Florida
• Laurel, Indiana
• Laurel, Iowa
• Laurel, Maryland
• Laurel, Mississippi
• Laurel, Montana
• Laurel, Nebraska
• Laurel, New York
• Laurel, North Carolina
• Laurel, Oregon, a rural community between Hillsboro and Newberg
• Laurel, Tennessee
• Laurel, Virginia
• Laurel, Washington
• Laurel County, Kentucky
• Laurelton, Queens, a neighborhood in New York City

Other

• Laurel (band), a Canadian rock band
• Laurel (English coin)
• Laurel Films, a Beijing independent film production company
• Laurel wreath
• Nissan Laurel, a mid-size luxury sedan

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