lavender
Plural: lavenders
Noun
- any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
- a pale purple color
- Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
- A pale bluish purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.
- A kind of film stock for creating positive prints from negatives as part of the process of duplicating the negatives.
Adjective Satellite
- of a pale purple color
Adj
- Having a pale purple colour.
- Pertaining to LGBT people and rights.
- Pertaining to lesbian feminism; opposing heterosexism.
Verb
Verb Forms: lavendered, lavendering, lavenders
- To sprinkle or scent with lavender fragrance.
- To decorate or perfume with lavender.
Examples
- He tried to LAVENDER his words with elegance, but brute force often won the game.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavō (“wash”) due to use of lavender in washing clothes.
Synonyms
lilac, lilac-colored
Scrabble Score: 12
lavender: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlavender: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lavender: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary