"lavender" Definition

Definitions for the word "lavender" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
1 a evergreen shrub with purple aromatic flowers. B its flowers and stalks dried and used to scent linen etc. 2 pale mauve colour. [latin lavandula]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
4. slang
“to be laid up in LAVENDER;” to be in pawn; to be out of the way for an especial purpose. From the practice among housewives of placing LAVENDER in drawers in which linen and clothes are to be kept for any period.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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