lavender

n. any of a number of plants or shrubs belonging to the mint family and having scented purple flowers; dried flowers and leaves of the lavender plant; pale bluish purple color

For the colour shade, see Lavender (color) The Lavenders Lavandula are a genus of about 25-30 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native from the Mediterranean region south to tropical Africa and to the southeast regions of India. The genus includes annuals, herbaceous plants, subshrubs, and small shrubs. The native range extends across the Canary Islands, North and East Africa, south Europe and the Mediterranean, Arabia, and India. Because the cultivated forms are planted in gardens world-wide, they are occasionally found growing wild, as garden escapees, well beyond their natural range.
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Noun
1. any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(hyponym) English lavender, Lavandula angustifolia, Lavandula officinalis
(member-holonym) Lavandula, genus Lavandula
Adjective
1. of a pale purple color
(synonym) lilac
(similar) chromatic

(n.)
The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.
  

(n.)
An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (L. vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender (L. Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts.
  

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