LAVENDER Synonyms

• any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers

• of a pale purple color

• a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone

• of a moderate purple color

• hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable

• egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow

• a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I

• a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta

• of deep purplish red

• a moderate purple

• of a pale to moderate greyish violet color

• chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers

• commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

• small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked

• edible marine gastropod

• any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone

• any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit

• a highly desirable position or assignment

• exactly

• completely; used as intensifiers

• any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers

• a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum

• of a color intermediate between red and blue

• of a pale purple color