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# laurel

«laurel» in Mova's school dictionary: **an evergreen bush with shiny dark leaves** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (laurels)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A laurel is an evergreen bush with shiny dark leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laurel/#m1)

2) (old use) A wreath of laurel leaves was worn as a crown of honour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laurel/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales laurel is a plant linked with Apollo; a wreath of laurel is a sign of honour

### examples

- The hedge is made of laurel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laurel/#x1)
- Apollo's crown was made of laurel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laurel/#x2)
- Tall laurel grew by the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laurel/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «laurel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laurel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.