Lexic.us

Definition of Lavender

1. Noun. Any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated.

Definition of Lavender

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.

Definition of Lavender

1. Noun. Any of a group of European plants, genus, ''Lavandula'', of the mint family. ¹

2. Noun. a pale purple colour, like that of the lavender flower. ¹

3. Adjective. Having a pale purple colour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lavender

1. to sprinkle with a type of perfume [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Lavender

1. 1. 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 more delicate than lilac. Lavender cotton See Marsh rosemary. To lay in lavender. To lay away, as clothing, with sprigs of lavender. To pawn. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lavender

Literary usage of Lavender

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The leaves and flowers of lavender are snid to have been used by the ancients to ... In England lavender is cultivated chiefly for the distillation of its ..."

2. The Shakespeare Garden by Esther Singleton (1922)
"Turning to Gerard for an explanation, we find he says: "lavender is hot and dry ... Gerard had lavender in his garden and so did Parkinson, who says: "It is ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"It was error to allow Miller to say he dealt with lavender as defendant's agent as to the new Insurance, giving his mere opinion of his own action. ..."

4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The plant to which the name of lavender is commonly applied, Lavandula vera, is a native of ... lavender forms an evergreen under« shrub about 2 ft. high, ..."

5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"lavender-oil, in the leaves and flowers of Lavandula augustifolia (Ehrhardt) ... Fresh or dried lavender flowers stripped from the stalks are distilled with ..."

6. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"... varieties : as common great fea-lavender, great late-flowering fea-lavender, ... deep blue-flowered fea-lavender, and white-flowered fea-lavender. ..."

7. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1860)
"desirable in planting lavender, to preserve a freo access of air and sun between the..plants, 'аз otherwise they, do not grow so strong, or produce such ..."

8. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"The Common lavender, or Narrow-leaved lavender (L. vera or L. angustifolia), grows wild on stony mountains and hills in the south of Europe, ..."

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