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sea lavender

noun

  1. an Old World, maritime plant, Limonium vulgare, of the leadwort family, having one-sided spikes of small, lavender-colored flowers.
  2. a similar plant, Limonium carolinianum, of the eastern coast of North America.


sea lavender

noun

  1. any of numerous perennial plants of the plumbaginaceous genus Limonium, of temperate salt marshes, having spikes of white, pink, or mauve flowers, several species of which are grown as garden plants See also statice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sea lavender1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences

In this way came sea lavender in full bloom, crimson monkey plant from the London window-box, and cuttings of mesembryanthemum.

It rushed back upon him, that time of waiting, marked by the flowering and the fading of the sea lavender.

Little patches of sea lavender gave purple colour to the marshland.

The pedicels of all the species of the Sea Lavender, particularly of Statice arborea, are often mistaken for the flowers.

The burial-ground349 was small and crowded, covered with rank grass, and here and there sea-lavender was growing.

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