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Ancient Rome's gold medal was a plant you could put in soup.
victory crownRoman generals wore it; we still 'rest on laurels'
daphne mythA nymph became one fleeing Apollo's lust
poet laureateThe title literally means 'crowned with laurel'
kitchen spyBay leaves are dried laurel, hiding in your stew
toxic cousinsMany ornamental laurels are dangerously poisonous