n (taxlink|Laurus nobilis|species), a shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
n (context|in the plural|now|_|rare) The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
n (nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.