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FRENCH LAVENDER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrubby greyish lavender of southwestern Europe having usually reddish-purple flowers

Synonyms:

French lavender; Lavandula stoechas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("French lavender" is a kind of...):

lavender (any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil

Synonyms:

French lavender; Lavandula latifolia; spike lavender

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("French lavender" is a kind of...):

lavender (any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated)

Meronyms (substance of "French lavender"):

spike lavender oil; spike oil (pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics)

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