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Santolina Chamaecyparissus
Lavender Lav"en*der, n. [OE. lavendre, F. lavande, It. lavanda lavender, a washing, fr. L. lavare to wash; cf. It. lsavendola, LL. lavendula. So called because it was used in bathing and washing. See Lave. to wash, and cf. Lavender.] 1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (L. vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender (L. Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts. 2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac. Lavender cotton (Bot.), a low, twiggy, aromatic shrub (Santolina Cham[ae]cyparissus) of the Mediterranean region, formerly used as a vermifuge, etc., and still used to keep moths from wardrobes. Also called ground cypress. Lavender water, a perfume composed of alcohol, essential oil of lavender, essential oil of bergamot, and essence of ambergris. Sea lavender. (Bot.) See Marsh rosemary. To lay in lavender. (a) To lay away, as clothing, with sprigs of lavender. (b) To pawn. [Obs.]

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- hero cult devoted to Cyparissus has been identified. According to the grammarian Servius (4th and 5th centuries AD), Cyparissus was the son of Telephus...
- Pausanias erroneously reports that Cyparissus was the ancient name of the place afterwards called Anticyra. Cyparissus is also mentioned by Statius and...
- the story, Cyparissus receives a stag as a gift from Apollo, which he accidentally kills with a spear while hunting in the forest. Cyparissus is overwhelmed...
- ISBN 2-901833-78-0. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cyparissus (Vignali). Cyparissus Archived 2023-01-01 at the Wayback Machine, presentation on...
- mythological scene in the south-east triclinium is Cyparissus on the north wall. It depicts Cyparissus, Apollo's lover, who was turned into a cypress tree...
- flower of their youth and were vegetatively transformed include Narcissus, Cyparissus, Mecon and Adonis. Ancient Gr****s ****ociated with Apollo a deep blue or...
- to other versions – was in love with Cyparissus, and once by accident killed a pet hind belonging to Cyparissus. The latter died of grief, and was metamorphosed...
- Hyacinthus. Another male lover was Cyparissus, a descendant of Heracles. Apollo gave him a tame deer as a companion but Cyparissus accidentally killed it with...
- Periclymene, mother of Iphiclus and Alcimede by Phylacus or Cephalus; Cyparissus, the founder of Anticyra; the Minyades, three daughters who were turned...
- explains the ****ociation of the cypress with grief. The handsome boy Cyparissus, a favorite of Apollo, accidentally killed a beloved tame stag. His grief...