n.
A plot of grass, usually tended or mowed, as one around a residence or in a park or estate.
[Alteration of Middle English launde, glade, from Old French, heath, pasture, wooded area.]
lawn2 (lôn)
n.
A light cotton or linen fabric of very fine weave.
[Middle English laun, after Laon, a city of northern France.]
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