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lavender

lavender

35 1.6
A small plant with narrow leaves and pale purple flowers that smell nice
  • noun
  • /ˈlævəndər/
translation icon : lavanda
  • For a calming atmosphere, add lavender essential oil to your diffuser.
  • a lavender plant

But this lavender mist is also a toner.

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Examples

  • French lavender kills germs and smells delicious.

  • She loves to plant lavender in her garden because of its lovely fragrance.

  • The smell, the visual, all of it, the feel of the lavender, it's just beautiful.

  • This is the sea salt and lavender candle.

  • - I bought this special lavender lotion.

  • It still has the powder in it, still smells of lavender quite strongly.

  • Outside, I could see the relentless waves of heat, but inside, cool lavender air was piped into my office.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • But I got a lavender latte with oat milk and coconut cream.

  • The lavender sage and plum poppies bloom the same time every year but never quite the same way.

  • The lavender blooms attracted many bees during the summer season.

Synonyms

Lavandula
vslavender
  • Specialized
7.9

A group of small, sweet-smelling flowering plants grown for fragrant flowers and oil

is one typical small fragrant shrub rather than the entire plant group
Lavandula officinalis
vslavender
  • Specialized
7.5

A small Mediterranean shrub with purple flowers that smell pleasant and are used in perfume and small scented bags

is the general botanical description not limited to that cultivated form
Lavandula angustifolia
vslavender
  • Specialized
9.1

A small lavender bush with fragrant purple flowers used in perfume and to help people relax

is broader, not tied to this specific cultivated, scented variety
English lavender
vslavender
3.6

A small fragrant shrub with purple flowers grown for dried flowers and oil

is the general plant description rather than this specific cultivated kind
Lavandula latifolia
vslavender
  • Specialized
8.4

A Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers grown for its strong pleasant oil

focuses on the shrub as an ornamental and fragrant garden plant instead
spike lavender
vslavender
8.4

A Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers used to make scented oil

describes the small ornamental shrub and its general fragrance use instead
Lavandula stoechas
vslavender
  • Specialized
8.9

A small lavender bush with grey leaves and purple scented flowers that smell nice

is the broader fragrant shrub idea, not this specific flower color and look
French lavender
vslavender
5.3

A Mediterranean plant with purple scented flowers grown for perfume or decoration

is the general small aromatic shrub concept rather than this regional variety

Compounds

A small fragrant shrub with purple flowers grown for dried flowers and oil

A Mediterranean plant with purple scented flowers grown for perfume or decoration

A scented shrub with woolly leaves and small yellow flowers used in gardens

A light pink colour that looks slightly purple

Slightly purple in color

A light purple color with a little red

A light purple color with a little red

A pale purple color with a slight pink tone

A light purple color with a soft pink tint

A light purple with a soft pink tinge

sea lavender
  • Specialized
7.7

A plant that grows in salt marshes with small purple or white flowers

sea-lavender family
  • Specialized
8.7

A family of plants that tolerate salt and grow near coasts worldwide

A Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers used to make scented oil

An oil that has a strong lavender smell and scents soaps and cosmetics

How Fragrant

jasmine
51 2.7
gardenia
2 6.0
lavender
35 1.6
rosemary
117 2.3
sage
46 3.5

Surface Forms

lavender singular
lavenders plural

Etymology

Lavender comes from the Latin word lavare, which means 'to wash', because people long ago used the flowers in baths and to scent clothes. So lavender is a fragrant plant that people linked with cleanliness and a fresh smell.