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Webster 1913 Edition

Lavender

Lav′en-der

,
Noun.
[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.
2.
The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lavender

LAV'ENDER

,
Noun.
[L. lavendula.] A plant, or a genus of aromatic plants, Lavandula.

Definition 2024

lavender

lavender

English

Lavender.

Noun

lavender ‎(countable and uncountable, plural lavenders)

  1. Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
  2. a pale purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.
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Adjective

lavender ‎(comparative more lavender, superlative most lavender)

  1. Having a pale purple colour.

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To decorate or perfume with lavender.
    • 1986, Katherine Gibson Fougera, With Custer's Cavalry (page 47)
      Short shafts of dying sunlight mingled with the deepening grey, lavendering the horizon, and all nature seemed to hush as though waiting to welcome the night.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French: lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus ‎(“bluish”), but influenced by lavare ‎(“wash”) due to use of lavender in washing clothes.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlæv.ən.də/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlæv.ən.dɚ/

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