- a pale bluish purple.
- any Old World plant or shrub belonging to the genus Lavandula, of the mint family, especially L. angustifolia, having spikes of fragrant, pale purple flowers.
- the dried flowers or other parts of this plant placed among linen, clothes, etc., for scent or as a preservative.
- toilet water, aftershave, or the like, made with a solution of oil of lavender.
- of the color lavender.
- Informal.
- of or relating to gay male sexual orientation.
- (of a man) gay or effeminate.
- any of various perennial shrubs or herbaceous plants of the genus Lavandula, esp L. vera, cultivated for its mauve or blue flowers and as the source of a fragrant oil (oil of lavender): family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- the dried parts of L. vera, used to perfume clothes
- a pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
- (as adjective)
- perfume scented with lavender
- of or relating to homosexuality
