'Lavender' definitions:
Definition of 'lavender'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of a pale purple color [syn: lavender, lilac, lilac- colored]
noun
Any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
noun
A pale purple color
Definition of 'Lavender'
From: GCIDE
- Lavender \Lav"en*der\, n. [OE. lavendre, F. lavande, It. lavanda lavender, a washing, fr. L. lavare to wash; cf. It. lsavendola, LL. lavendula. So called because it was used in bathing and washing. See Lave. to wash, and cf. Lavender.]
- 1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (Lavandula vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The {Spike lavender} (Lavandula Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac. [1913 Webster]
- Lavender cotton (Bot.), a low, twiggy, aromatic shrub (Santolina Cham[ae]cyparissus) of the Mediterranean region, formerly used as a vermifuge, etc., and still used to keep moths from wardrobes. Also called {ground cypress}.
- Lavender water, a perfume, toilet water, or shaving lotion containing the essential oil of lavender, and sometimes the essential oil of bergamot, and essence of ambergris.
- Sea lavender. (Bot.) See Marsh rosemary.
- To lay in lavender. (a) To lay away, as clothing, with sprigs of lavender. (b) To pawn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'lavender'
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