Lavender
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Of a pale purple color

noun


(2)   Any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
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Etymology


From , from from , possibly from , but influenced by due to use of lavendar in washing clothes.

Noun



  1. Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
  2. a pale purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.
 
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