curlicue vs laurel

curlicue

verb
  • To make or adorn (something) with curlicues, or as if with curlicues. 

noun
  • A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops. 

laurel

verb
  • To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath. 

  • To enwreathe. 

  • To award top honours to. 

noun
  • An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel. 

  • A crown of laurel. 

  • Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils. 

  • Honor, distinction, fame. 

  • Any plant of the family Lauraceae. 

  • Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels. 

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