Definition of Lavender cotton

1. Noun. Branching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems and leaves and yellow flowers.

Exact synonyms: Santolina Chamaecyparissus
Group relationships: Genus Santolina, Santolina
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Definition of Lavender cotton

1. Noun. Ground cypress, ''Santolina Chamaecyparissus''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lavender Cotton

lavations
lavatorial
lavatories
lavatory
lavature
lave
lave-eared
laved
laveer
laveered
laveering
laveers
lavement
lavements
lavender
lavender cotton (current term)
lavender marriages
lavendered
lavendering
lavenderish
lavenders
lavendery
lavendulan
laver
laverbread
laverock
laverocks
lavers
laves

Literary usage of Lavender cotton

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

1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"Lavender- cotton, with a larger Flower, and hoary Leaves. 3. ... Lavender-cotton with dark-green Leaves, and a golden Flower. 8. ..."

2. Trees and Shrubs: An Abridgment of the Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum by John Claudius Loudon (1875)
"The lavender cotton was common in gardens in Gerard's time, who says it is acrid, bitter, and aromatic, and has much the same qualities as southernwood. ..."

3. An Encyclopaedia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"The lavender cotton was common in gardens in Gerard's time, who says it is acrid, bitter, and aromatic, and bus much the same qualities as southernwood. ..."

4. Hardy Flowers: Descriptions of Upwards of Thirteen Hundred of the Most by William Robinson (1878)
"Dwarfer, neater in habit, and whiter than the common lavender cotton. ... Suited for the same positions, etc., as the lavender cotton, but is not so ..."

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