Look up: Lavender

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   Lavender
   (Lavandula) These perennials are found wild in the Mediterranean region and there are many varieties. Lavender has been used for hundreds of years in sachets, potpourris and linens and to give a light flavor to fruit dishes, sauces, cordials, and confections. The different varieties of this plant range in height from 9 inches to 3 feet, although some may grow taller with age. They have thin leaves and many long spikes of lavender or purple flowers that grow up from the leaf axils. L. angustifoli...
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   Lavender
   Lavender is a herb of the family labiatae.
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   lavender
   [adj] - of a pale purple color 2. [n] - any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers
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   Lavender
   Lav'en·der noun [ Middle English lavendre , French lavande , Italian lavanda lavender, a washing, from Latin lavare to wash; confer Italian lsavendola , Late Latin lavendula . So called because it was used in bathing and washing. See Lave . to wash, and confer Lavender .] 1. (Botany) An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandul ...
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   lavender
   1. <botany> 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 colour of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac. ... <botany> Lavende ...
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   lavender
   lilac adjective of a pale purple color
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   lavender
   noun any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
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   Lavender
   The `Lavenders` `Lavandula` are a genus of about 25-30 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native from the Mediterranean region south to tropical Africa and to the southeast regions of India. The genus includes annuals, herbaceous plants, subshrubs, and small shrubs. The native range extends across the Canary Islands, North and East Africa, south Europe and the Mediterranean, Arabia, and India. Because the cultivated forms ...
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   Lavender
   • (n.) 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. • (n.) The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.Lavender: words in the defi...
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    lavender
    any plant of the genus Lavandula, comprising about 30 species of the mint family Lamiaceae, native to countries bordering on the Mediterranean. ...
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    Lavender
    Lavender is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Flower, Light Purple Color` Lavendar,Lavender From Old English. The name Lavender doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Lavender seems to be unique!
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    lavender
    lavender, common name for any plant of the genus Lavandula, herbs or shrubby plants of the family Labiatae (mint family), most of which are native to the Mediterranean region but naturalized elsewhere. The true lavender (L. officinalis) has grayish foliage and small blue or pale purplish flowers (wh...
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