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ALL meanings of lavender

lav·en·der
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  • adjective lavender bluish purple in colour 1
  • noun lavender purple-flowering plant 1
  • noun lavender bluish-purple colour 1
  • noun lavender dried lavender flowers 1
  • noun lavender A small aromatic evergreen shrub of the mint family, with narrow leaves and bluish-purple flowers. Lavender has been widely used in perfumery and medicine since ancient times. 1
  • noun lavender a pale bluish purple. 1
  • noun lavender any Old World plant or shrub belonging to the genus Lavandula, of the mint family, especially L. angustifolia, having spikes of fragrant, pale purple flowers. 1
  • noun lavender the dried flowers or other parts of this plant placed among linen, clothes, etc., for scent or as a preservative. 1
  • noun lavender Also called lavender water. toilet water, shaving lotion, or the like, made with a solution of oil of lavender. 1
  • adjective lavender of the color lavender. 1
  • adjective lavender Informal. of or relating to homosexuality. homosexual or effeminate. 1
  • noun lavender Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family. 0
  • noun lavender a pale purple colour, like that of the lavender flower. 0
  • adjective lavender Having a pale purple colour. 0
  • uncountable noun lavender Lavender is a garden plant with sweet-smelling, bluish-purple flowers. 0
  • colour lavender Lavender is used to describe things that are pale bluish-purple in colour. 0
  • noun lavender any of various perennial shrubs or herbaceous plants of the genus Lavandula, esp L. vera, cultivated for its mauve or blue flowers and as the source of a fragrant oil (oil of lavender): family Lamiaceae (labiates) 0
  • noun lavender the dried parts of L. vera, used to perfume clothes 0
  • noun lavender a pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour 0
  • noun lavender (as adjective) 0
  • noun lavender perfume scented with lavender 0
  • noun lavender of or relating to homosexuality 0
  • noun lavender any of a genus (Lavandula) of fragrant European plants of the mint family, having spikes of pale-purplish flowers and yielding an aromatic oil (oil of lavender) 0
  • noun lavender the dried flowers, leaves, and stalks of this plant, used to fill sachets and to perfume clothes, linens, etc. 0
  • noun lavender a pale purple 0
  • adjective lavender pale-purple 0
  • verb transitive lavender to perfume with lavender 0
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