A laurel wreath is a round wreath made of connected branches and leaves of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), an aromatic broadleaf evergreen, or later... 13 KB (1,434 words) - 04:18, 1 April 2024 |
heraldry. Wreaths of leaves from laurel, olive, oak, myrtle, and celery were particularly symbolically significant, with the laurel wreath the victor's... 20 KB (2,043 words) - 12:21, 7 March 2024 |
Asterix and the Laurel Wreath (French: Les Lauriers de César, "Caesar's Laurels") is the eighteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny... 12 KB (1,516 words) - 04:08, 29 December 2023 |
Laurus nobilis (redirect from Bay laurel) directly into a laurel tree. Bay laurel was used to fashion the laurel wreath of ancient Greece, a symbol of highest status. A wreath of bay laurels was... 24 KB (2,550 words) - 19:29, 19 April 2024 |
a god or distinguished mortal. Wreaths were also part of clothing in Ancient Rome. Laurel wreaths from the bay laurel tree Laurus nobilis were worn by... 8 KB (865 words) - 15:25, 20 April 2024 |
II (Company Sergeant Major). The rank insignia was an Oak Leaf in a Laurel Wreath. It came in bronze-metal on a red enamel backing for the Army, gold-metal... 33 KB (2,249 words) - 22:50, 25 April 2024 |
Daphne (section Laurel varieties) which were held every four years in Delphi in honour of Apollo, a wreath of laurel gathered from the Vale of Tempe in Thessaly was given as a prize. Hence... 23 KB (2,284 words) - 21:06, 29 April 2024 |
Prunus laurocerasus (redirect from English laurel) bay laurel (Laurus nobilis, the true laurel, in the family Lauraceae), and like the bay laurel, Prunus laurocerasus was used for making laurel wreaths, but... 11 KB (1,091 words) - 17:58, 17 March 2024 |