laurel -- (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)
Laurel, Stan Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel -- (United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965))
laurel, laurel wreath, bay wreath -- ((antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory)