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lavender
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lavender
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Lavender
(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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lavender
(wn) | lavender
adj 1: of a pale purple color [syn: lavender, lilac, {lilac-
colored}]
n 1: any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with
usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
2: a pale purple color |
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lavender cotton
(encz) | lavender cotton, n: |
lavender water
(encz) | lavender water, |
sea lavender
(encz) | sea lavender, n: |
sea-lavender family
(encz) | sea-lavender family, n: |
spike lavender
(encz) | spike lavender, n: |
spike lavender oil
(encz) | spike lavender oil, n: |
Lavender
(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] |
Lavender cotton
(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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and
more delicate than lilac.
[1913 Webster]
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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lavender lilac
(gcide) | colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
[WordNet 1.5] |
Lavender water
(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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and
more delicate than lilac.
[1913 Webster]
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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Sea lavender
(gcide) | Sea lavender \Sea" lav"en*der\ (Bot.)
See Marsh rosemary, under Marsh.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and
more delicate than lilac.
[1913 Webster]
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]Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See
Mere pool, and cf. Marish, Morass.]
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or
wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also
marish.]
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Marsh asphodel (Bot.), a plant (Nartheeium ossifragum)
with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white
flowers; -- called also bog asphodel.
Marsh cinquefoil (Bot.), a plant (Potentilla palustris)
having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places;
marsh five-finger.
Marsh elder. (Bot.)
(a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (Viburnum Opulus).
(b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt
marshes (Iva frutescens).
Marsh five-finger. (Bot.) See Marsh cinquefoil (above).
Marsh gas. (Chem.) See under Gas.
Marsh grass (Bot.), a genus (Spartina) of coarse grasses
growing in marshes; -- called also cord grass. The tall
Spartina cynosuroides is not good for hay unless cut
very young. The low Spartina juncea is a common
component of salt hay.
Marsh harrier (Zool.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus
aeruginosus}); -- called also marsh hawk, moor hawk,
moor buzzard, puttock.
Marsh hawk. (Zool.)
(a) A hawk or harrier (Circus cyaneus), native of both
America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above,
with a white rump. Called also hen harrier, and {mouse
hawk}.
(b) The marsh harrier.
Marsh hen (Zool.), a rail; esp., Rallus elegans of
fresh-water marshes, and Rallus longirostris of
salt-water marshes.
Marsh mallow (Bot.), a plant of the genus Althaea (
Althaea officinalis) common in marshes near the
seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a
demulcent.
Marsh marigold. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.
Marsh pennywort (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous
genus Hydrocotyle; low herbs with roundish leaves,
growing in wet places; -- called also water pennywort.
Marsh quail (Zool.), the meadow lark.
Marsh rosemary (Bot.), a plant of the genus Statice
(Statice Limonium), common in salt marshes. Its root is
powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine.
Called also sea lavender.
Marsh samphire (Bot.), a plant (Salicornia herbacea)
found along seacoasts. See Glasswort.
Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes
Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored
flowers.
Marsh tea. (Bot.). Same as Labrador tea.
Marsh trefoil. (Bot.) Same as Buckbean.
Marsh wren (Zool.), any species of small American wrens of
the genus Cistothorus, and allied genera. They chiefly
inhabit salt marshes.
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sea lavender
(gcide) | Sea lavender \Sea" lav"en*der\ (Bot.)
See Marsh rosemary, under Marsh.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and
more delicate than lilac.
[1913 Webster]
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]Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See
Mere pool, and cf. Marish, Morass.]
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or
wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also
marish.]
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Marsh asphodel (Bot.), a plant (Nartheeium ossifragum)
with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white
flowers; -- called also bog asphodel.
Marsh cinquefoil (Bot.), a plant (Potentilla palustris)
having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places;
marsh five-finger.
Marsh elder. (Bot.)
(a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (Viburnum Opulus).
(b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt
marshes (Iva frutescens).
Marsh five-finger. (Bot.) See Marsh cinquefoil (above).
Marsh gas. (Chem.) See under Gas.
Marsh grass (Bot.), a genus (Spartina) of coarse grasses
growing in marshes; -- called also cord grass. The tall
Spartina cynosuroides is not good for hay unless cut
very young. The low Spartina juncea is a common
component of salt hay.
Marsh harrier (Zool.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus
aeruginosus}); -- called also marsh hawk, moor hawk,
moor buzzard, puttock.
Marsh hawk. (Zool.)
(a) A hawk or harrier (Circus cyaneus), native of both
America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above,
with a white rump. Called also hen harrier, and {mouse
hawk}.
(b) The marsh harrier.
Marsh hen (Zool.), a rail; esp., Rallus elegans of
fresh-water marshes, and Rallus longirostris of
salt-water marshes.
Marsh mallow (Bot.), a plant of the genus Althaea (
Althaea officinalis) common in marshes near the
seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a
demulcent.
Marsh marigold. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary.
Marsh pennywort (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous
genus Hydrocotyle; low herbs with roundish leaves,
growing in wet places; -- called also water pennywort.
Marsh quail (Zool.), the meadow lark.
Marsh rosemary (Bot.), a plant of the genus Statice
(Statice Limonium), common in salt marshes. Its root is
powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine.
Called also sea lavender.
Marsh samphire (Bot.), a plant (Salicornia herbacea)
found along seacoasts. See Glasswort.
Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes
Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored
flowers.
Marsh tea. (Bot.). Same as Labrador tea.
Marsh trefoil. (Bot.) Same as Buckbean.
Marsh wren (Zool.), any species of small American wrens of
the genus Cistothorus, and allied genera. They chiefly
inhabit salt marshes.
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Spike lavender
(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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and
more delicate than lilac.
[1913 Webster]
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] |
To lay in lavender
(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.
[1913 Webster]
2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and
more delicate than lilac.
[1913 Webster]
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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english lavender
(wn) | English lavender
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}] |
french lavender
(wn) | French lavender
n 1: Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields
spike lavender oil [syn: spike lavender, {French
lavender}, Lavandula latifolia]
2: shrubby greyish lavender of southwestern Europe having
usually reddish-purple flowers [syn: French lavender,
Lavandula stoechas] |
lavender cotton
(wn) | lavender cotton
n 1: branching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems
and leaves and yellow flowers [syn: lavender cotton,
Santolina chamaecyparissus] |
lavender-pink
(wn) | lavender-pink
adj 1: of pink tinged with lavender [syn: lilac-pink,
lavender-pink, violet-pink] |
lavender-tinged
(wn) | lavender-tinged
adj 1: of something tinged with lavender |
pink-lavender
(wn) | pink-lavender
adj 1: of lavender tinged with pink [syn: pink-lavender,
pinkish-lavender] |
pinkish-lavender
(wn) | pinkish-lavender
adj 1: of lavender tinged with pink [syn: pink-lavender,
pinkish-lavender] |
red-lavender
(wn) | red-lavender
adj 1: of something having a lavender color tinged with red
[syn: red-lavender, reddish-lavender] |
reddish-lavender
(wn) | reddish-lavender
adj 1: of something having a lavender color tinged with red
[syn: red-lavender, reddish-lavender] |
rose-lavender
(wn) | rose-lavender
adj 1: of lavender tinged with rose [syn: rose-lilac, {rose-
lavender}] |
sea lavender
(wn) | sea lavender
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate
salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers [syn:
sea lavender, marsh rosemary, statice] |
sea-lavender family
(wn) | sea-lavender family
n 1: perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan
especially in saltwater areas [syn: Plumbaginaceae,
family Plumbaginaceae, leadwort family, {sea-lavender
family}] |
spike lavender
(wn) | spike lavender
n 1: Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields
spike lavender oil [syn: spike lavender, {French
lavender}, Lavandula latifolia] |
spike lavender oil
(wn) | spike lavender oil
n 1: pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used
in scenting soaps and cosmetics [syn: spike lavender oil,
spike oil] |
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