A female given name from Latin.

(historical, Roman Catholic Church) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior

plural of laura

plural of laura

(botany) Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Lauraceae) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laurel, sassafras, cinnamon tree, true camphor tree, etc.

(chemistry) Any salt or ester of lauric acid

(geology) A supercontinent which included most of the landmasses which make up today's continents of the Northern Hemisphere.

(organic chemistry) The amide of lauric acid CH₃(CH₂)₁₀CONH₂

(botany) Of or relating to the Laurales, an order of flowering plants.

Of or relating to Laurasia.