- Aromatic shrub - Fragrant flower - Fragrant shrub - Light purple - Pale violet - An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (L. vera),
common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and
perfumery. The Spike lavender (L. Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of
spike), used in the arts. - The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and
more delicate than lilac.
- The male germ cell in animals and plants, the
essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like
particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is
capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a
small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or
tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is
antherozoid.