Lavender

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
   countable, uncountable
3. A female given name from English.
   countable, uncountable
4. A pale bluish purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.
   countable, uncountable
5. An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Georgia, United States, named after a storekeeper.
   countable, uncountable
6. A kind of film stock used for creating positive prints from negatives as part of the process of duplicating the negatives.
   historical, uncountable
7. An unincorporated community in Kittitas County, Washington, United States, named after John Lavender.
   countable, uncountable
8. A subzone of Kallang, Singapore.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“She wanted to give⟳ the child a unique, meaningful name⟳; among those she and Linda liked, she said, were Laurel and Lavender. Or if it was a boy, perhaps Sage . “Why not Spinach or Cabbage?” Brian had scoffed.”

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