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SEA LAVENDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sea lavender mean?
• SEA LAVENDER (noun)
The noun SEA LAVENDER has 1 sense:
1. any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers
Familiarity information: SEA LAVENDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
marsh rosemary; sea lavender; statice
Hypernyms ("sea lavender" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("sea lavender" is a member of...):
genus Limonium; Limonium (sea lavender)
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