1a small aromatic evergreen shrub of the mint family, with narrow leaves and bluish-purple flowers, used in perfumery and medicine:her clothes smelt of lavender and mothballs
Genus Lavandula, family Labiatae
(also lavender oil) a scented oil distilled from lavender flowers:lavender, like most essential oils, is kind to sore or infected skin [as modifier]:a cake of lavender soap
used in names of plants similar to lavender, e.g. cotton lavender, sea lavender.
informal used in reference to effeminacy or homosexuality:Rick is so hard-boiled that any touch of lavender is wiped away
dated used in reference to refinement or gentility: [as modifier]:she had a certain lavender charm
Genus Lavandula, family Labiatae
2a pale blue colour with a trace of mauve:romantic designs in old-fashioned tones of primrose, lavender, and rose [as modifier]:she wore a lavender silk dress
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perfume with lavender: (as adjective lavendered)lavendered sheets
