laurel
noun
a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis, of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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But surely, my child—as surely as anything in mathematics—Art will laurel no brow having a divided allegiance.
From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Ambrose Bierce