"lavender water" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lavender waters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lavender water (countable and uncountable, plural lavender waters)
  1. A perfume composed of alcohol, essential oil of lavender, essential oil of bergamot, and essence of ambergris. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Perfumes
    Sense id: en-lavender_water-en-noun-gIfV0cJv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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          "text": "The first thing I met was a regiment of the vilest odors that ever assaulted the human nose, and took it by storm. Cologne, with its seven and seventy evil savors, was a posy-bed to it; and the worst of this affliction was, every one had assured me that it was a chronic weakness of all hospitals, and I must bear it. I did, armed with lavender water, with which I so besprinkled myself and premises, that, like my friend, Sairy, I was soon known among my patients as \"the nurse with the bottle.\"",
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