Lavender

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lavender
       adj : of a pale purple color [syn: {lilac}]
       n : any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with
           usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "lavender":
     amethystine, lilac, livid, magenta, mauve, mulberry, orchid,
     pansy-purple, plum-colored, plum-purple, purple, purplescent,
     purplish, purply, purpurate, purpure, purpureal, purpurean,
     purpureous, raisin-colored, violaceous, violet