1. A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
   "The team won laurels for their outstanding work";
   - award, accolade, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. The state of being honoured
   "The team basked in the laurels of their victory";
   - honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn]

1. Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
   "The laurel tree's glossy leaves shimmered in the sunlight"
    
2. (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
   "The triumphant general was crowned with a laurel wreath";
   - laurel wreath, bay wreath

Type of: angiospermous tree, chaplet, coronal, flowering tree, garland, lei, standing, symbol, wreath

Part of: family Lauraceae, Lauraceae, laurel family

Encyclopedia: Laurels