Definition of Lavendir
Lav"en*der (?), n. [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 (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 color of lavender
flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.
Lavender cotton (Bot.), a low,
twiggy, aromatic shrub (Santolina Chamæcyparissus) of
the Mediterranean region, formerly used as a vermifuge, etc., and
still used to keep moths from wardrobes. Also called ground
cypress. -- Lavender water, a perfume
composed of alcohol, essential oil of lavender, essential oil of
bergamot, and essence of ambergris. -- Sea
lavender. (Bot.) See Marsh rosemary.
-- To lay in lavender. (a) To
lay away, as clothing, with sprigs of lavender.
(b) To pawn. [Obs.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
LAVENDER. Laid up in lavender; pawned.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- any of a group of European plants of the mint family.
- (colour) a pale purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.
lavender colour:
- (colour) having a pale purple colour.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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