| lavender | | |
| n. (plant) | 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. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. lavender | a pale purple color. |
| ~ purple, purpleness | a purple color or pigment. |
| adj. | 3. lavender, lilac, lilac-colored | of a pale purple color. |
| ~ chromatic | being or having or characterized by hue. |
| lilac | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. lilac | any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers. |
| ~ genus syringa, syringa | genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs. |
| ~ himalayan lilac, syringa emodi | robust upright shrub of mountains of northern India having oblong-elliptic leaves and pale lilac or white malodorous flowers. |
| ~ hungarian lilac, syringa josikaea, syringa josikea | central European upright shrub having elliptic leaves and upright clusters of lilac or deep violet flowers. |
| ~ syringa persica, persian lilac | small densely branching Asiatic shrub having lanceolate leaves and panicles of fragrant lilac flowers. |
| ~ japanese tree lilac, syringa amurensis japonica, syringa reticulata | small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers. |
| ~ japanese lilac, syringa villosa | lilac of northern China having ovate leaves and profuse early summer rose-lilac flowers. |
| ~ common lilac, syringa vulgaris | large European lilac naturalized in North America having heart-shaped ovate leaves and large panicles of highly fragrant lilac or white flowers. |
| ~ bush, shrub | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems. |
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