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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 flowersplay

  Familiarity information: SEA LAVENDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEA LAVENDER (noun)


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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