Lavender is a garden plant with sweet-smelling, bluish-purple flowers.
2. colour
Lavender is used to describe things that are pale bluish-purple in colour.
lavender in British English
(ˈlævəndə)
noun
1.
any of various perennial shrubs or herbaceous plants of the genus Lavandula, esp L. vera, cultivated for its mauve or blue flowers and as the source of a fragrant oil (oil of lavender): family Lamiaceae (labiates)
See also spike lavender, Compare sea lavender
2.
the dried parts of L. vera, used to perfume clothes
3.
a.
a pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
b.
(as adjective)
lavender socks
4.
perfume scented with lavender
5. (modifier) informal
of or relating to homosexuality
lavender language
Word origin
C13: lavendre, via French from Medieval Latin lavendula, of obscure origin
lavender in American English
(ˈlævəndər)
noun
1.
any of a genus (Lavandula) of fragrant European plants of the mint family, having spikes of pale-purplish flowers and yielding an aromatic oil (oil of lavender)
2.
the dried flowers, leaves, and stalks of this plant, used to fill sachets and to perfume clothes, linens, etc.
3.
a pale purple
adjective
4.
pale-purple
verb transitive
5.
to perfume with lavender
Word origin
ME < Anglo-Fr lavendre < ML lavandria, akin to lavendula (> Ger lavendel) < L lavare, to wash (see lave1): from use as bath perfume
Finally, try putting a couple of drops of lavender essential oil on your pillow.
The Sun (2016)
The lavender oil in it makes the cream smell gorgeous but it did feel very oily and didn't sink in as well as the others.
The Sun (2016)
We plant lavender around the enclosure and the penguins use that to build their nests.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Stir in the powdered lavender and oil of lavender.
Guyton, Anita The Natural Beauty Book - cruelty-free cosmetics to make at home (1991)
Lavender and roses are the signature of the garden.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Mine is the lavender colour and the other is magenta.
The Sun (2009)
The mauve haze of a lavender field in full flower has inspired artists for centuries.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She asked me instead to bring her lavender oil to put on her feet.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Cool to body temperature and add the lavender oil.
The Sun (2008)
There's also a lavender roof garden and a courtyard with coffee tables.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Lavender and rosemary are good, hardy plants.
The Sun (2015)
Lavender Another garden favourite for full sun.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Dad loved his garden, his lavender and roses.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We would push the buggy there and back, through fields of lavender and corn.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Stuff the inside of the chicken with a little of the dried lavender, fresh rosemary and salt.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The restaurant sits formally on a terrace under plane trees, above a meandering garden of roses and lavender.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The smoky eyes and red lips are quite beautiful and the eye make-up is so modern with this pale lavender blue.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Planting includes thyme and lavender.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Fancy hiding amid olive groves and gardens full of lavender and rosemary, while staying at a gorgeous boutique hotel with a pool?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The coast here is a beautiful place with fine sandy beaches and sweeping lavender fields equal to anything to be found in Provence.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I planted box hedging, rosemary and lavender.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Lavender blue flowers from July to August.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In April I put in a line of small lavender plants to make a hedge.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Word lists with
lavender
flower, Oils used in perfume and medicine, purple
In other languages
lavender
British English: lavender /ˈlævəndə/ NOUN
Lavender is a garden plant with sweet-smelling purple flowers.
American English: lavender
Arabic: خُزَامَى
Brazilian Portuguese: lavanda
Chinese: 熏衣草
Croatian: lavanda
Czech: levandule
Danish: lavendel
Dutch: lavendel
European Spanish: lavanda
Finnish: laventeli
French: lavande
German: Lavendel
Greek: λεβάντα
Italian: lavanda
Japanese: ラベンダー
Korean: 라벤더
Norwegian: lavendel
Polish: lawenda
European Portuguese: alfazema
Romanian: lavandă
Russian: лаванда
Latin American Spanish: lavanda
Swedish: lavendel
Thai: ต้นลาเวนเดอร์ดอกมีสีฟ้าม่วง
Turkish: lavanta
Ukrainian: лаванда
Vietnamese: cây oải hương
All related terms of 'lavender'
lavender bag
a small fabric bag filled with dried lavender flowers and placed amongst clothes or linen to scent them
lavender-blue
coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
sea lavender
any of numerous perennial plants of the plumbaginaceous genus Limonium, of temperate salt marshes , having spikes of white, pink, or mauve flowers, several species of which are grown as garden plants
lavender water
a perfume made of essential oils of lavender and alcohol
spike lavender
a Mediterranean lavender plant, Lavandula latifolia, having pale purple flowers and yielding an oil used in paints