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13 words match “LAVENDER”

LAVENDER n. 2 definitions
ommon 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.
SEA LAVENDER n.
See Marsh rosemary, under Marsh.
AGERATUM n.
A genus of plants, one species of which (A. Mexicanum) has lavender-blue flowers in dense clusters.
ASPIC n.
A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. See Spike.
BEHEN; BEHN n.
The Statice limonium, or sea lavender.
CAESIOUS a.
Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray. Lindley.
CASSIDONY n.
The French lavender (Lawandula Stachas).
CROCIDOLITE n.
A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers.…
DROP n.
Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.
GROUND n.
acid fruit. -- Ground cuckoo. (Zoöl.) See Chaparral cock. -- Ground cypress. (Bot.) See Lavender cotton. -- Ground dove (Zoöl.), one of several small American pigeons of the genus Columbigallina, esp. C. passerina of the Southern United States, Mexico, etc. They live chiefly on the ground. -- Ground fish (Zoöl.), a…
MARSH n.
es. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also sea lavender. -- Marsh samphire (Bot.), a plant (Salicornia herbacea) found along seacoasts. See Glasswort. -- Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), an American herb (Elodes Virginica) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers.…
MIST n.
), a composite plant (Eupatorium coelestinum), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of lavender-blue flowers. It is found in the Western and Southern United States.
SPIKE n.
Spike lavender. See Lavender. Oil of spike (Chem.), a colorless or yellowish aromatic oil extracted from the European broad-leaved lavender, or aspic (Lavendula Spica), used in artist's varnish and in veterinary medicine. It is often adulterated with oil of turpentine, which it much resembles.