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Look up: Lavender

  1. Lavender
    Lavender is slang for a homosexual man.
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  2. Lavender
    Lavender is slang for a homosexual man.
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  3. 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 ra...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/lavandula.html

  4. lavender
    [adj] - of a pale purple color 2. [n] - any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. 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 ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/20

  6. 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 ...
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  7. lavender
    lilac adjective of a pale purple color
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  8. lavender
    noun any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. 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 mo...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. lavender
    any plant of the genus Lavandula, comprising about 30 species of the mint family Lamiaceae, native to countries bordering on the Mediterranean. ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/22

  11. 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!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Lav

  12. 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...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08290

  13. Lavender
    Lavender (Lavandula vera) is a hardy perennial evergreen herb of the family Labiatae, growing to about one meter tall and a native of southern Europe. It has been valued for many years for its fragrant flowers which retain their fragrance for a long time if carefully gathered and dried. It has ever-...
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  14. lavender
    Click images to enlargeSweet-smelling purple-flowering herb belonging to the mint family, native to western Mediterranean countries. The bushy low-growing species L. angustifolia has long, narrow, upright leaves of a silver-green colour. The small flowers, borne on spikes, vary in colour...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  15. lavender
    A plant with aromatic leaves and flowers that is a member of the mint family. Oil from the flowers has been used in some cultures to treat certain medical problems, to keep insects away, and to wash in. It is also used in aromatherapy. Perillyl alcohol, a substance found in lavender, is being studie...
    Found on http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?expand=

  16. Lavender
    The `lavenders` (Lavandula) are a genus of 39 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. An Old World genus, distributed from Macaronesia (Cape Verde and Canary Islands and Madeira) across Africa, the Mediterranean, South-West Asia, Arabia, Western Iran and South-East I...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender

  17. Lavender
    (magazine) `Lavender Magazine` is a biweekly magazine, part of Lavender Media, published in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community. It is distributed free of charge in the Twin Cites of Minneapolis and St. Paul and in some other cities througho...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender

  18. Lavender
    (Marillion song) "`Lavender`" is neo-progressive rock band Marillion`s second single from their breakthrough album Misplaced Childhood. The follow-up to the big UK number 2 hit "Kayleigh", the song was their second Top 5 UK hit, entering the chart on 7 September 198...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender

  19. Lavender
    (chicken plumage) `Lavender` or `Self-blue` refers to a plumage pattern in chickens characterized by a uniform, pale bluish grey color across all feathers. The distinctive color is caused by the action of a recessive gene, commonly designated as "lav", which reduces the expre...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender



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On 10th February 1996, a computer, Deep Blue, beat Russian Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player on the planet, and mankind’s place in the order of things was reshuffled. The match immediately became an iconic symbol of the advances made in artificial intelligence and supercomputing. Kasparov has since retired, like Deep Blue, which now resides in a museum. He has become a vocal advocate for democracy in today’s Russia. read more

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