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lavender cotton

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lavender cotton1

First recorded in 1520–30

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Example Sentences

Now she lay across the bed, in crumpled lavender cotton and shabby pumps, very feminine, utterly cowed.

Lavender cotton is a species of the genus Santolina, small, yellow-flowered, evergreen undershrubs of the Composite order.

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