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lorrell

lorrell is the obsolete form of laurel.

Meaning of laurel

Noun

laurel (countable and uncountable, plural laurels)

  1. An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
    • Laurel leaves were used in the Orient to promote amatory exercise.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 136
  2. A crown of laurel.
  3. (figuratively, in plural) Honor, distinction, fame.
    • to win laurels
  4. Any plant of the family Lauraceae.
  5. Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.
  6. (historical) An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.

See all 32 meanings of laurel

Forms of lorrell

plurallorrells

Questions about lorrell

What is lorrell the obsolete form of?
Lorrell is the obsolete form of laurel.

Words near lorrell in the dictionary

  1. Lorrainer
  2. Lorrainers
  3. Lorrainese
  4. Lorrainian
  5. Lorrainians
  6. lorrell
  7. lorrells
  8. LORRI
  9. lorrie
  10. lorried
  11. lorries

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