lavender cotton

noun

a silvery-gray, evergreen, woody composite plant, Santolina chamaecyparissus, of southern Europe, having yellow flower heads.

Origin:
1520–30

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lavender cotton
noun
branching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems and leaves and yellow flowers

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Lavender cotton is always a great word to know.

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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