lavender

Meanings

Plural: lavenders

Noun

any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
a pale purple color
Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
A pale bluish purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.
A kind of film stock for creating positive prints from negatives as part of the process of duplicating the negatives.

Adjective Satellite

of a pale purple color

Adj

Having a pale purple colour.
Pertaining to LGBT people and rights.
Pertaining to lesbian feminism; opposing heterosexism.

Verb

To decorate or perfume with lavender.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavō (“wash”) due to use of lavender in washing clothes.

Synonyms

lilac, lilac-colored

Scrabble Score: 12

lavender is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
lavender is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lavender is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

lavender is a valid Words With Friends word