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LAVENDER
1. An aromaticplant of the genus Lavandula (L. Vera), general in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medication 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 Vocabulary