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lavender 音标拼音: [l'ævəndɚ] n. 欧薄荷,熏衣草,淡紫色
a. 淡紫色的
vt. 用熏衣草熏 欧薄荷,熏衣草,淡紫色淡紫色的用熏衣草熏 lavender adj 1: of a pale purple color [ synonym: { lavender}, { lilac}, { lilac- colored}] n 1: any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated 2: a pale purple colorLavender \ Lav" en* der\, n. [ OE. lavendre, F. lavande, It. lavanda lavender, a washing, fr. L. lavare to wash; cf. It. lsavendola, LL. lavendula. So called because it was used in bathing and washing. See { Lave}. to wash, and cf. { Lavender}.] 1. ( Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus { Lavandula} ({ Lavandula vera}), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The { Spike lavender} ({ Lavandula Spica}) yields a coarser oil ( oil of spike), used in the arts. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac. [ 1913 Webster] { Lavender cotton} ( Bot.), a low, twiggy, aromatic shrub ({ Santolina Cham[ ae] cyparissus}) of the Mediterranean region, formerly used as a vermifuge, etc., and still used to keep moths from wardrobes. Also called { ground cypress}. { Lavender water}, a perfume, toilet water, or shaving lotion containing the essential oil of lavender, and sometimes the essential oil of bergamot, and essence of ambergris. { Sea lavender}. ( Bot.) See { Marsh rosemary}. { To lay in lavender}. ( a) To lay away, as clothing, with sprigs of lavender. ( b) To pawn. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster PJC] 22 Moby Thesaurus words for " lavender": amethystine, lilac, livid, magenta, mauve, mulberry, orchid, pansy- purple, plum- colored, plum- purple, purple, purplescent, purplish, purply, purpurate, purpure, purpureal, purpurean, purpureous, raisin- colored, violaceous, violet
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