Definition of Sea lavender. Meaning of Sea lavender. Synonyms of Sea lavender

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Definition of Sea lavender

Sea lavender
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.]
Sea lavender
Sea lavender Sea" lav"en*der (Bot.) See Marsh rosemary, under Marsh.

Meaning of Sea lavender from wikipedia

- are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary....
- Limonium sinuatum, commonly known as wavyleaf sea lavender, statice, sea lavender, notch leaf marsh rosemary, sea pink, is a Mediterranean plant species in...
- names Perez's sea lavender and seafoam statice. It is also known as simply statice (reflecting the former name of the genus), sea lavender or marsh rosemary...
- Limonium humile is a species of sea lavender known by the common name lax-flowered sea-lavender. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and...
- matted sea-lavender, is an aggregate species in the family Plumbaginaceae. Despite the common name, matted sea-lavender is not related to the lavenders, but...
- species of sea lavender in the family Plumbaginaceae. It is known by the common names western marsh rosemary and California sea lavender. This is a tough...
- Limonium emarginatum is a species of sea lavender known by the common names Gibraltar sea lavender. This evergreen is native to southern Spain, Ceuta...
- Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of perennial flowering plants in the mints family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World...
- Limonium ramosissimum, the Algerian sea lavender, is a species of sea lavender (Limonium) native to the Mediterranean region. Its specific epithet rāmōsissimum...
- rock sea-lavender, is an aggregate species in the family Plumbaginaceae. Despite the common name, rock sea-lavender is not related to the lavenders or to...