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Lavandula
(gcide) | Lavandula \Lavandula\ n.
A genus of plants of the mint family including the
lavender[1].
Syn: genus Lavandula.
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lavandula
(wn) | Lavandula
n 1: lavender [syn: Lavandula, genus Lavandula] |
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Lavandula Spica
(gcide) | Lavender \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
(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.
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2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and
more delicate than lilac.
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Lavender cotton (Bot.), a low, twiggy, aromatic shrub
(Santolina Cham[ae]cyparissus) 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, toilet water, or shaving lotion
containing the essential oil of lavender, and sometimes
the 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.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]Aspic \As"pic\, n. [F., a corrupt. of spic (OF. espi, F.
['e]pi), L. spica (spicum, spicus), ear, spike. See Spike.]
A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which
produces a volatile oil. See Spike.
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Lavandula spica
(gcide) | Lavender \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
(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.
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2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and
more delicate than lilac.
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Lavender cotton (Bot.), a low, twiggy, aromatic shrub
(Santolina Cham[ae]cyparissus) 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, toilet water, or shaving lotion
containing the essential oil of lavender, and sometimes
the 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.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]Aspic \As"pic\, n. [F., a corrupt. of spic (OF. espi, F.
['e]pi), L. spica (spicum, spicus), ear, spike. See Spike.]
A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which
produces a volatile oil. See Spike.
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Lavandula Stoechas
(gcide) | Cassidony \Cas"si*do*ny\, n. [Cf. LL. cassidonium, F.
cassidoine. See Chalcedony.] (Bot.)
(a) The French lavender (Lavandula St[oe]chas).
(b) The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other
plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.
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Lavandula vera
(gcide) | Lavender \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
(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.
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2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and
more delicate than lilac.
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Lavender cotton (Bot.), a low, twiggy, aromatic shrub
(Santolina Cham[ae]cyparissus) 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, toilet water, or shaving lotion
containing the essential oil of lavender, and sometimes
the 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.]
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genus lavandula
(wn) | genus Lavandula
n 1: lavender [syn: Lavandula, genus Lavandula] |
lavandula
(wn) | Lavandula
n 1: lavender [syn: Lavandula, genus Lavandula] |
lavandula angustifolia
(wn) | Lavandula angustifolia
n 1: aromatic Mediterranean shrub widely cultivated for its
lilac flowers which are dried and used in sachets [syn:
English lavender, Lavandula angustifolia, {Lavandula
officinalis}] |
lavandula latifolia
(wn) | Lavandula latifolia
n 1: Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields
spike lavender oil [syn: spike lavender, {French
lavender}, Lavandula latifolia] |
lavandula officinalis
(wn) | Lavandula officinalis
n 1: aromatic Mediterranean shrub widely cultivated for its
lilac flowers which are dried and used in sachets [syn:
English lavender, Lavandula angustifolia, {Lavandula
officinalis}] |
lavandula stoechas
(wn) | Lavandula stoechas
n 1: shrubby greyish lavender of southwestern Europe having
usually reddish-purple flowers [syn: French lavender,
Lavandula stoechas] |
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