lavender (redirected from lavendering)

lav·en·der  (lvn-dr)

n.

1.

a. Any of various aromatic Old World plants of the genus Lavandula, especially L. angustifolia, having clusters of small purplish flowers that yield an oil used in perfumery.

b. The fragrant dried leaves, stems, and flowers of this plant.

2. A pale to light purple to very light or very pale violet.

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[Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin livendula, lavendula, perhaps from Latin lvidus, bluish; see livid.]

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laven·der adj.

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lavender

Noun

1. a plant grown for its bluish-purple flowers and as the source of a sweet-smelling oil

2. its dried flowers, used to perfume clothes

Adjective

pale bluish-purple [Medieval Latin lavendula]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lavender - any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated genus Lavandula, Lavandula - lavender English lavender, Lavandula angustifolia, Lavandula officinalis - aromatic Mediterranean shrub widely cultivated for its lilac flowers which are dried and used in sachets Lavandula stoechas, French lavender - shrubby greyish lavender of southwestern Europe having usually reddish-purple flowers French lavender, Lavandula latifolia, spike lavender - Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	lavender - a pale purple color purple, purpleness - a purple color or pigment
Adj.	1.	lavender - of a pale purple color lilac, lilac-colored chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

lavender [ˈlævəndəʳ] n → lavanda

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lavender [ˈlævəndəʳ] n → lavande f

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lavender [ˈlævəndəʳ] n → Lavendel m

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lavender [ˈlævəndəʳ] n → lavanda

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lavender

n lavender [ˈlӕvində]

1 a type of plant with sweet-smelling pale bluish-purple flowers. laventel نبات الخُزامى лавандула levandule lavendel der Lavendel λεβάντα espliego, lavanda lavendel استوقدوس laventeli lavande אֲזוֹביוֹן लैवेंडर एक फूल lavanda levendula lavender lofnarblóm, lavender lavanda ラベンダー ?식물? 라벤더 levanda lavanda pokok lavender lavendel lavendel lawenda alfazema le­văn­ţică лаванда levanduľa sivka lavanda lavendel ดอกไม้สีม่วงอมชมพู lâvanta çiçeği 熏衣草 лаванда خزام cây oải hương 熏衣草

2 (also adjective) (of) the colour of the flowers a lavender dress. laventelblomkleur بِلوْن الخُزامى бледолилаво levandulová barva; levandulový lavendelblå blasses Lila, lavendelfarben απαλό μοβ de color lavanda kahvatulilla ارغوانی laventelinsininen lavande סָגוֹל नील-लोहित रंग ljubičastoplav levendulaszínű ungu kebiruan ljósfjólublár litur lavanda ラベンダー色の 라벤더 색(연한 자주색)(의) šviesiai violetinė spalva mēļa krāsa warna gandaria lavendelblauw lilla, lavendelfarget lawendowy lavanda (de) culoarea levănţicii цвета лаванды, бледно-лиловый levanduľová farba; levanduľový svetlo vijoličast boje lavande lavendelblå lม่วงอ่อน eflâtun rengi 淡紫色的 блідо-ліловий колір خزامی، ہلکا ارغوانی رنگ màu của hoa oải hương 淡紫色的