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lavender

[lav-uhn-der] / ˈlæv ən dər /
NOUN
purple
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She also totes lavender oil, a portable fan, a rosary and sour candies in a small bag she takes everywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

The beds are dotted with scented flowers such as honeysuckle, jasmine and lavender, and textured foliage and grasses that patients can touch and smell from their beds.

From BBC May 29, 2026

She later went from a figure-hugging sheer lavender Gucci gown to a playful daytime polka dot ensemble from Jacquemus matched with retro white sun glasses, with Elle magazine praising her "old Hollywood" dash.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

The swish of polyester skirts in spring pastels — lavender, mint, butter-yellow — as the women of the church organized the spread.

From Salon Mar. 15, 2026

Hadel glared at the tapestry but continued with her spinning, and as she fell back into the rhythm, her threads lightened back to lavender.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Speaking to reporters afterwards, she explained her purple outfit was inspired by her love of lavenders and the calmness they bring.

From BBC Feb. 2, 2026

Gophers devoured many of his early plants, including his lavenders.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2023

For example, although Hidcote and Munstead are considered ornamental twins, as silver-leafed compact English lavenders, “Munstead was much better than Hidcote” in winter survival, Hawke said.

From Washington Post Feb. 13, 2018

Not surprisingly, perhaps, it’s the Californians and not the Mainers that throb with the most radiant colors: wheat yellows and shocking pinks, lurid reds and liquid lavenders.

From New York Times Jun. 2, 2014

She and William saw them at dusk, when “the sky was so very lovely, too, maroons, lavenders, blues.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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