Laurel

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