LAVENDER

lavender, lilac, lilac-colored

(adjective) of a pale purple color

lavender

(noun) a pale purple color

lavender

(noun) any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

lavender (countable and uncountable, plural lavenders)

Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.

A pale purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.

Hyponyms

• (plant): common lavender

Adjective

lavender (comparative more lavender, superlative most lavender)

Having a pale purple colour.

(politics) Pertaining to LGBT people and rights

(politics) Pertaining to lesbian feminism; opposing heterosexism.

Verb

lavender (third-person singular simple present lavenders, present participle lavendering, simple past and past participle lavendered)

(transitive) To decorate or perfume with lavender.

Anagrams

• Vreeland

Proper noun

Lavender (plural Lavenders)

A surname.

A female given name from English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lavender is the 4583^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7744 individuals. Lavender is most common among White (69.86%) and Black/African American (23.81%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Vreeland

Source: Wiktionary

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Lav"en*der, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (L. vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender (L. Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts.

2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac. Lavender cotton (Bot.), a low, twiggy, aromatic shrub (Santolina Chamæcyparissus) 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 composed of alcohol, essential oil of lavender, 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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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