The Devil's Dictionary: Laurel

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
LAUREATE
LAW

LAUREL

-n.

The laurus, a vegetable dedicated to Apollo, and formerly defoliated to wreathe the brows of victors and such poets as had influence at court. (Vide supra.)

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