"lavender" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers;
Widely cultivated (synset 112870477)
is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
subtypes:
- english lavender, lavandula angustifolia, lavandula officinalis - aromatic Mediterranean shrub widely cultivated for its lilac flowers which are dried and used in sachets
- french lavender, lavandula stoechas - 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
belongs to: genus lavandula, lavandula - lavender
A pale purple color (synset 104977737)
is a type of: purple, purpleness - a purple color or pigment

Adjective

Of a pale purple color (synset 300377979)
similar to: chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

same as: lilac, lilac-colored