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lavender

Pronunciation: /ˈlæv.ən.dəː/

The English word “lavender” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
  2. A pale bluish purple or violet colour, like that of the lavender flower.
  3. A kind of film stock used for creating positive prints from negatives as part of the process of duplicating the negatives.

adjective

  1. Having a pale purple colour.
  2. Pertaining to LGBT people and rights.
  3. Pertaining to lesbian feminism; opposing heterosexism.

verb

  1. To decorate or perfume with lavender.

Etymology

From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavō (“to wash”) due to the use of lavender in washing clothes.

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