Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - lavender
Lavender
lavender
n. & v. --n. 1 a any small evergreen shrub of the genus Lavandula, with narrow leaves and blue, purple, or pink aromatic flowers. b its flowers and stalks dried and used to scent linen, clothes, etc. 2 a pale blue colour with a trace of red. --v.tr. put lavender among (linen etc.). Phrases and idioms lavender-water a perfume made from distilled lavender, alcohol, and ambergris. Etymology: ME f. AF lavendre, ult. f. med.L lavandula
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin lavandula Date: 13th century 1. a Mediterranean mint (Lavandula angustifolia syn. L. officinalis) widely cultivated for its narrow aromatic leaves and spikes of lilac-purple flowers which are dried and used in sachets and from which is extracted an aromatic oil used chiefly in perfumery, any of several plants congeneric with true ~ and used similarly but often considered inferior, a pale purple, II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1820 to sprinkle or perfume with ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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