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    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...
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    in Etruscan jewelry include ivy, oak, olive leaves, myrtle, laurel, wheat and vines. Wreaths were worn as crowns by Etruscan rulers. The Etruscan symbolism...
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  • 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...
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    heraldry. Wreaths of leaves from laurel, olive, oak, myrtle, and celery were particularly symbolically significant, with the laurel wreath the victor's...
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    ideals and values of the Ancient Olympic Games. The trophy features a laurel wreath and the Olympic rings which are made out of Fairmined Gold and the base...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    Olympic medal Ancient Olympic Games Olive branch Laurel wreath Klila, myrtle wreath in Mandaeism Wreaths and crowns in antiquity LSJ entry κότινος "As a...
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    after 1989. The Laurel was cancelled subsequent to Nissan's alliance with Renault. The name "laurel" is in reference to a laurel wreath, a symbol of triumph...
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