Lavender

Noun

 * 1) Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
 * 2)  a pale purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.

Hyponyms

 * common lavender

Derived terms

 * lavender water
 * sea lavender
 * spike lavender

Related terms

 * launder

Adjective

 * 1) Having a pale purple colour.

Thesaurus
amethystine, lilac, livid, magenta, mauve, mulberry, orchid, pansy-purple, plum-colored, plum-purple, purple, purplescent, purplish, purply, purpurate, purpure, purpureal, purpurean, purpureous, raisin-colored, violaceous, violet

Etymology
From, from lavendre: (French: lavande), from  lavendula:, possibly from  lividus:, but influenced by lavo: due to use of lavendar in washing clothes.

Noun

 * Catalan: espígol
 * Chinese: 薰衣草
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ラベンダー (rabendā)
 * Persian: استوخودوس (ostokhuddos)
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: лаванда /lavánda/
 * Slovene: sivka
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: mrujuani
 * West Frisian: lavindel


 * Chinese: 薰衣草色
 * Dutch: zacht lila
 * Finnish:
 * French: bleu lavande


 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 藤色 (ふじいろ, fujiiro)
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: urujuani

Adjective

 * Dutch: zacht lila
 * French: lavande, bleu lavande , bleue lavanade


 * Japanese: 藤色の (ふじいろの, fujiiro no)
 * Persian: بنفش روشن (banafsh-e roshan)