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The laurel is an [[evergreen]] shrub or small [[tree]], variable in size and sometimes reaching {{convert|7|–|18|m|abbr=on}} tall.<ref name=Stace/> The genus ''Laurus'' includes three accepted species,<ref name=POWO>{{cite web |title=''Laurus'' L. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328263-2 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |work=Plants of the World Online |access-date=11 February 2024 }}</ref> whose diagnostic key characters often overlap.<ref>[[David Mabberley|Mabberley]], The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, Cambridge University Press, 19 Jun 1997</ref>
The bay laurel is [[dioecy|dioecious]] ([[unisexual]]), with male and female [[flower]]s on separate plants.<ref name=Oxford /> Each flower is pale yellow-green, about {{convert|1|cm|abbr=on|frac=8}} diameter, and they are borne in pairs beside a leaf. The leaves are glabrous, {{convert|6-12|cm|abbr=on|0}} long and {{convert|2-4|cm|abbr=on|frac=8}} broad, with an [[entire leaf|entire]] (untoothed) margin. On some leaves the margin undulates.<ref name=Oxford /> The [[fruit]] is a small, shiny black drupe-like berry<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laurus nobilis - Plant Finder |url=http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=281677&isprofile=1&basic=Laurus%20nobilis |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=www.missouribotanicalgarden.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Flora Europaea |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1964 |location=Cambridge |pages=Volume 1 page 246}}</ref> about {{convert|1|cm|abbr=on|frac=8}} long<ref name=Oxford /> that contains one seed.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Konstantinidou, E. |author2=Takos, I. |author3=Merou, T. |year=2008|title=Desiccation and storage behavior of bay laurel (''Laurus nobilis'' L.) seeds|journal=European Journal of Forest Research|volume=127|issue=2|pages=125–131|doi=10.1007/s10342-007-0189-z|bibcode=2008EJFR..127..125K |s2cid=28898196 }}</ref><ref name=Stace/>
==Ecology==
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===Finland===
[[File:Kaskinen.vaakuna.svg|thumb|upright=0.6|The laurel leaves in the right side of the coat of arms of [[Kaskinen]]]]
The laurel leaves in the coat of arms of [[Kaskinen]], [[Finland]] ({{
==Chemical constituents==
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