Laurel particularly refers to plants used for laurel wreaths: Grecian or bay laurel, Laurus nobilis, Also called bay, sweet bay. a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis, of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves.
Compare laurel family.A laurel wreath is a circular wreath made of interlocking branches and leaves of the bay laurel(Laurus nobilis), an aromatic broadleaf evergreen.