lavender cottonn.
/ˌlav(ᵻ)ndə ˈkɒtn/, U.S. /ˌlævəndər ˈkɑtn/ A name for Ground cypress ( Santolina chamæcyparissus); formerly confused with Artemisia abrotanon or maritima.
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lavender cotton1530
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 237/2 Lavendre cotten, cipres.
1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Absinthivm Lauander cotton.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 65v Lauendercotten,..some call it Santonia, & female Sothernewood.
1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 349 Lauender cotton, or garden Cypers, drunke with wine, is good against all poyson & venom: it is the female kind of Sothernwood.
1737 Compl. Family-piece (ed. 2) i. i. 37 Lavender-Cotton,..Camomile, Lavender-tops..of each of these Herbs a small Handful.
1882 Garden 17 June 427/1 As edging plants..Lavender Cotton.
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